bombo

See also: bombò and bombó

English

Noun

bombo (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bumbo

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbom.bu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbom.bo]

Etymology 1

From bomba.

Noun

bombo m (plural bombos)

1. bass drum

Hypernyms

• tambor

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bombo

Further reading

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

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbombo/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bom‧bo

Noun

bombo (accusative singular bombon, plural bomboj, accusative plural bombojn)

1. bomb (explosive device)

Derived terms

• bombi
• bombado
• atombombo

Related terms

• nuklea bombo

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Ido

Noun

bombo (plural bombi)

1. bomb (explosive device)

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Italian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from Latin bombum, from bombus (“buzz, humming sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbom.bo/
• Rhymes: -ombo
• Hyphenation: bóm‧bo

Noun

bombo m (plural bombi)

1. bumblebee
2. (literary) buzzing

   Synonyms: rimbombo, ronzio

Related terms

• bombino (diminutive)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.boː/, [ˈbɔmboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.bo/, [ˈbɔmbo]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) bombō

1. dative/ablative singular of bombus

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.bu/

Verb

bombo

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbombo]

Noun

bombo f

1. vocative singular of bombă

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin bombus (“noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbombo/ [ˈbõm.bo]

Adjective

bombo (feminine bomba, masculine plural bombos, feminine plural bombas)

1. (colloquial, of a person) reckless
2. (Cuba, of liquids) having a mild temperature
3. (Cuba, of fruit) bland, insipid, flavorless

Interjection

¡bombo!

1. attention!

Noun

bombo m (plural bombos)

1. bass drum
2. bass drum player
3. barge
4. noisy or excessive praise
   • Template:RQ:Obligado TA1

     No sólo sus cofrades le aplaudieron, sino los filántropos de entonces que sin lista impresa, ni bombo periodístico, hacían más caridad sin tanto ruido, y los señores González, Goyeneche, Ochoa, de Almarita, el obispo Agramonte, el gobernador Andonaegui, y hasta el mismísimo Rey, desde España, mandó agradecer por su desprendimiento a tan magnífico señor.

5. (colloquial) the bump (stomach of a pregnant woman)
6. atomic bomb

Derived terms

• abombar
• autobombo
• bombo y platillo

 

Related terms

• bomba
• rimbombante

Further reading

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