sombrero

     

In English-speaking countries "sombrero" typically refers to a type of hat originating in Mexico. The English wor sombrero is a loan word from Spanish, where the term is used to refer to any hat with a brim. It derives from the Spanish word sombra, meaning "shade" or "shadow". Spanish speakers outside Mexico refer to what English speakers call a Sombrero as a "Mexican hat" (sombrero mexicano).

Trivia about sombrero

  • The name for this hat comes from "sombra" the Spanish word for shade
  • From the Spanish for "shade", it's the hat seen here, senor
  • The hat in the Mexican hat dance
  • It's the kind of hat traditionally tossed on the floor in the Jarube Tapatio, or Mexican Hat Dance
  • The name of this broad-brimmed hat derives from the Spanish for "shade"
  • The name of this high-crowned, very wide-brimmed men's hat from Mexico comes from the Spanish word for "shade"