panorama urbano/citadino
masculine
In Spanish, the English phrase skyline can be translated as panorama urbano/citadino. If unsure, use panorama urbano/citadino. Wiktionary also lists perfil de la ciudad and silueta de los edificios.
Meaning: silhouette against city or buildings (noun)
Ways to say it
| Spanish | IPA | Note |
|---|---|---|
| panorama urbano/citadino | masculine | |
| perfil de la ciudad | /peɾfil de la θjudad/ (Spain, from spelling rules) /peɾfil de la sjudad/ (Latin America, from spelling rules) |
masculine |
| silueta de los edificios | /silweta de los edifiθjos/ (Spain, from spelling rules) /silweta de los edifisjos/ (Latin America, from spelling rules) |
feminine |
The term refers to the silhouette against city or buildings.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase perfil de la ciudad is a literal way to express the concept, translating to 'profile of the city'.
Which one should you use?
panorama urbano is used when referring to the wide, scenic view of a city. In contrast, silueta de los edificios focuses more specifically on the dark outline of the structures against the sky.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase silueta de los edificios is feminine because the head noun silueta is feminine, even though it refers to masculine buildings.
Did you know?
- The word silueta comes from the French word 'silhouette' which originated from the name of a 17th century French finance minister named Étienne de Silhouette.
- While panorama urbano describes the skyline, the word panorama is often used in Spanish to describe any wide, sweeping view of nature or a landscape, not just cities.
Examples in context
- La silueta urbana de Barcelona es famosa por sus icónicas estructuras modernistasBarcelona's urban silhouette is famous for its iconic modernist structures
Sources
- Wiktionary, “skyline” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ciudad, de, la, los, perfil, silueta, CC BY-SA 4.0.
