What does umbral in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word umbral in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use umbral in Spanish.

The word umbral in Spanish means doorstep, beginning, dawn, threshold, below the threshold, poverty line, threshold of his dwelling, legal threshold. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word umbral

doorstep

nombre masculino (puerta: parte inferior)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Él la esperaba en el umbral de la puerta.
He waits for her at the doorstep.

beginning, dawn

nombre masculino (comienzo, inicio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Estamos en el umbral del milenio.
We are at the beginning (or: dawn) of the millennium.

threshold

nombre masculino (límite de algo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El umbral del dolor es la intensidad mínima de un estímulo capaz de despertar una sensación de dolor.
Pain threshold is the minimum intensity of a stimulus capable of causing pain.

below the threshold

locución adverbial (pasado el límite) (not significant)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
El recuento de toxinas dio bajo el umbral de lo normal.
The toxin count was below the normal threshold.

poverty line

(medidor económico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un equipo de economistas ayudará a determinar el umbral de pobreza de la región.
A team of economists will help determine the region's poverty line.

threshold of his dwelling

legal threshold

locución nominal masculina (de partido político)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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