Esperanto Word of the Day
lumo
/LU-mo/ • noun — 15th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: light (visible illumination)
Examples
- La lumo de la suno plenigas la ĉambron.
(The sunlight fills the room.) - Mi ŝaltis la lumon ĉar estis mallume.
(I turned on the light because it was dark.) - La lumo montras la kolorojn de la pentraĵo.
(The light shows the colors of the painting.)
Synonyms
- brilo
- lumeco
Lumo is used for physical light (sunlight, lamp light) and in many figurative expressions (e.g., 'en la lumo de' = in light of). You commonly say 'ŝalti la lumon' (turn on the light) and form opposites with mal- (mallumo = darkness).
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