bomba

Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

bomba (uncountable)

1. (music) A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from Puerto Rico.
   • 2009, January 23, Pop and Rock Listings‎:

     This eclectic group is dedicated to preserving the Puerto Rican traditions of bomba and plena, two drum-focused (and African-derived) forms of traditional dance music.

• bomba (Puerto Rico) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• A-bomb

From bombarda (“bombard”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.ba/

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bomba f (plural bombes)

1. bomb
2. pump

• “bomba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Spanish bomba.

bomba

1. a bomb; an explosive
2. the pump of a well

bomba

1. to bomb; to attack using one or more bombs; to bombard
2. to pump out water
3. to pump in air

Undetermined.

bomba

1. (dated) a woman with big buttocks, or thighs.
2. Pornography

bomba

1. pornographic

Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

bomba

1. bomb
2. pump

bomba

1. to bomb
2. to pump

• IPA^(key): [ˈbomba]
• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

bomba f

1. bomb (explosive)
2. (sports) howitzer (hard shot)
   • 2013, Petr Bílek, Obsluhoval jsem zlatou generaci, Praha: XYZ, →ISBN, page 97:

     Tak, pánové, v moderním hokeji rozhodují vstřelené branky. Kdo jich dá víc, vyhrává. Tak proto musíme dát o jednu bombu k tyči víc než soupeř. Hlavně bomby k tyči a jdeme ma to.

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• bomba in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bomba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.ba/
• Homophones: bombas, bombât

bomba

1. third-person singular past historic of bomber

A wanderword. Primarily via German Bombe and Italian bomba.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbombɒ]
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba
• Homophone: Bonnba
• Rhymes: -bɒ

bomba (plural bombák)

1. bomb (an explosive device used or intended as a weapon)

   Synonym: pokolgép

• bomba in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bomba in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

From Malay bomba, from Portuguese bomba. Doublet of pompa.

bomba (first-person possessive bombaku, second-person possessive bombamu, third-person possessive bombanya)

1. pump

bomba m (genitive singular bomba, nominative plural bombaí)

1. Alternative form of buama (“bomb”)

• bombáil (“bomb”, transitive verb)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bomba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bomba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbom.ba/
• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: bóm‧ba

bomba f (plural bombe)

1. bomb

• → French: bombe
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: bombe
• → Turkish: bomba

• bambo

bomba f

1. bomb (device filled with explosives)

   aviacinė bomba ― aerial bomb

   cheminė bomba ― chemical bomb

   laiko bomba ― time bomb

   vandenilio bomba ― hydrogen bomb

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

bomba (plural bomba-bomba, informal 1st possessive bombaku, 2nd possessive bombamu, 3rd possessive bombanya)

1. firefighter, fire brigade
2. pump

Borrowed from Sicilian bumba and/or Italian bomba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.ba/

bomba f (plural bombi)

1. bomb

Borrowed from Norwegian bombe.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpomːpa/

bomba

1. bomb

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

bomba

1. (figuratively, slang, of a location) As if a bombshell had gone off; extremely untidy.

• bomba horehus

• bomben

bomba m sg or f sg

1. definite singular of bombe

• bombet

bomba

1. simple past of bombe
2. past participle of bombe

bomba f sg

1. definite singular of bombe

bomba

1. past of bombe

Borrowed from French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a boom”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.ba/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmba
• Syllabification: bom‧ba

bomba f

1. bomb
2. Clipping of bomba kryptologiczna (“cryptologic bomba”) (an electromechanical machine used to break the German Enigma cipher)
3. (sports) a very hard hit of a ball
4. (school slang) a bad grade
5. (slang) a period of sobriety after consumption of subtances

• bomba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bomba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• https://www.miejski.pl/

• Rhymes: -õbɐ
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

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Borrowed from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”).

bomba f (plural bombas)

1. bomb
2. bombshell (an unforeseen event with important consequences)
3. pump
4. Clipping of bomba de gasolina (“gasoline pump”).

• bombar (“to be very popular”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bomba

1. inflection of bombar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French bomber.

• IPA^(key): /bomˈba/

a bomba (third-person singular present bombează, past participle bombat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
2. (transitive) to cause to bulge

• IPA^(key): /bôːmba/
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

bȏmba f (Cyrillic spelling бо̑мба)

1. bomb

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔmba/

bomba f (genitive singular bomby, nominative plural bomby, genitive plural bômb, declension pattern of žena)

1. bomb (explosive)

• bomba in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• IPA^(key): /bóːmba/

bọ̑mba f

1. bomb

From Latin bombus (“noise”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbomba/ [ˈbõm.ba]

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• Rhymes: -omba
• Syllabification: bom‧ba

bomba f (plural bombas)

1. bomb (an explosive device used or intended as a weapon)
2. pump (a device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
3. adjustable metal slide used to tune brass instruments
4. lamp globe
5. something unusual producing excitement
6. something extraordinary
7. smash hit
8. high-hat
9. (Andalusia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

10. (Latin America) firecracker
11. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) petrol station

    Synonyms: gasolinera, estación de servicio, (Chile) bencinera, (Mexico) gasolinería, (Peru) grifo

bomba

1. feminine singular of bombo

• “bomba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

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bomba (ma class, plural mabomba)

1. pipe, pipeline
2. pump

From bomb +‎ -a.

bomba (present bombar, preterite bombade, supine bombat, imperative bomba)

1. to bomb (attack with bombs)
2. (slang) to bomb (cover in graffiti)
3. (slang) to bomb (swallow a ground-up and wrapped (in for example paper) recreational drug)

• bomba in Svensk ordbok.
• Slangopedia

Borrowed from Spanish bomba. Compare English bombshell.

• Hyphenation: bom‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ˈbomba/, [ˈbom.bɐ]

bomba

1. bomb; explosive
2. pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
3. water pump; handpump
4. (volleyball) kill
5. air raid; bomber attack
6. fire engine
7. (colloquial, figurative) verbal attack; revelatory attack (usually in political speeches)
8. (colloquial, figurative) nude scene (of a show)
9. (colloquial, figurative) garden hose; water hose

bomba

1. (colloquial, figurative) naked
2. (colloquial, figurative, vulgar) X-rated (of a film)

Borrowed from Italian bomba.

bomba (definite accusative bombayı, plural bombalar)

1. bomb (explosive device used or intended as a weapon)