1 (dark shape) sombra (f) all he could see was his own shadow
(darkness) oscuridad (f); tinieblas (f) in the shadow a la sombra; five o'clock shadow barba (f) de ocho horas; doctors have discovered a shadow on his lung los médicos le han detectado una sombra or mancha en el pulmón; to cast a shadow over sth ensombrecer algo; to live in the shadow of sth/sb vivir eclipsado por algo/algn
He has always lived in the shadow of his brother
2 (tail) perseguidoraperseguidora (m) (f);a perseguidora When I returned to the highway, our shadow had disappeared
to put a shadow on sb hacer seguir a algn
4 (Pol) miembro de la oposición con un cargo análogo al de ministro Clarke flung at his shadow the accusation that he was a "tabloid politician" Clarke lanzó a su homólogo en la oposición la acusación de ser un "político sensacionalista"
5 (small amount) [of doubt, suspicion] atisbo (m); asomo (m); sombra (f) Not even a shadow of a suspicion had crossed his mind without a shadow of truth
I never had a or the shadow of a doubt that he was right jamás tuve el menor asomo or atisbo or la menor sombra de duda de que tenía razón; without a shadow of a doubt sin (la menor) sombra de duda
Joanna knew, without a shadow of doubt, who it was
6 (vestige) sombra (f) he is a shadow of the man he used to be no es ni sombra de lo que era
He is but a shadow of the man he used to be, practically unrecognizable
a shadow of his former self la sombra de lo que fue
Vic's shadow sat quietly in a corner while the meeting went on
