lumbre

fire

noun LOOM-breh Rare

Origin: From Latin lumen, 'light.'

Also means

light (for a cigarette)

Usage Note

Lumbre evokes the warm, domestic fire of a hearth rather than a destructive blaze (incendio) or a campfire (hoguera). In colloquial use, ¿tienes lumbre? means 'do you have a light?' (for a cigarette). It is especially common in rural and literary registers.

Examples

"Se sentaron junto a la lumbre para calentarse."

Natural Translation

They sat by the fire to warm up.

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