bombar

Catalan

Etymology

bomba +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bumˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bomˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bomˈbaɾ]

Verb

bombar (first-person singular present bombo, first-person singular preterite bombí, past participle bombat)

1. (transitive) to pump (to use a pump to move liquid or gas)
2. (transitive, reflexive) to inflate, to swell
3. (transitive, colloquial) to bomb (to fail dismally)

   Synonym: suspendre

Derived terms

• bombament

Further reading

• “bombar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bombar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bombar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bombar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From bomba +‎ -ar.

Verb

1. (colloquial) to be very popular

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Swedish

Verb

bombar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of bomba.