SO THIS IS OUR NO.1 CONTENDER FOR MOST GRANDE SOMBRERO AT THE MO, IF YOU CAN BEAT IT, EMAIL US YOUR PHOTO AND WE’LL POST IT. DAILY INFO HIT….In Spanish, sombrero means any hat sporting a brim. It comes from the Spanish word sombra, meaning “shade” or “shadow”. If you break out a literal English translation of sombrero you’d get “shade maker” (not to be confused with money maker - shake it). So English speakers call the it sombrero. Spanish speakers outside Mexico dub it a sombrero mexicano. In Mexico, it’s known as sombrero charro, after the old-school horsemen - charros - who had to carry a massive personal-shade with them to ward off the baking sun of the desert. Facts!