bombo

See also: bombò and bombó

English

Etymology 1

Noun

bombo (plural bombos)

1. Short for bombo criollo

Etymology 2

Noun

bombo (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bumbo.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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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

1. first-person singular present indicative of bombar

Further reading

• “bombo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbombo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ombo
• Syllabification: 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

Further reading

• “bombo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “bombo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ido

Noun

bombo (plural bombi)

1. bomb (explosive device)

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)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔm.boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔm.bo]

Noun

bombō

1. dative/ablative singular of bombus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.bu/

Verb

bombo

1. first-person singular present indicative of bombar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbombo]

Noun

bombo f

1. vocative singular of bombă

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekbor.

Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos)bor.

Latin bombusbor.

Spanish bombo

Borrowed from Latin bombus (“noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbombo/ [ˈbõm.bo]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ombo
• Syllabification: bom‧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
   • 1900, Pastor Servando Obligado, Tradiciones argentinas - Primera serie:

     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.

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

Derived terms

• abombar
• autobombo
• bombo y platillo
• tener la cabeza hecha un bombo

Related terms

• bomba
• rimbombante

Further reading

• “bombo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Bantu *-bUmbU (“pubes”). Compare Jamaican Creole bumbo (“vagina”), Maroon Spirit Language kimbombo (“vagina”), Krio bombo (“vagina”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bombo/, [bʊ̞mbʊ̞], [bɔ̝mbɔ̝]

Noun

bombo

1. vagina

Verb

bombo

1. to copulate, to mate

Descendants

• Aukan: bombo
• Saramaccan: boómba