bombo
See also: bombò and bombó
English
Noun
bombo (uncountable)
- Alternative form of bumbo
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈbom.bo/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈbom.bu/
Etymology 1
From bomba.
Noun
bombo m (plural bombos)
- bass drum
Hypernyms
- tambor
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bombo
- first-person singular present indicative form of bombar
Further reading
- “bombo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbombo/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bom‧bo
Noun
bombo (accusative singular bombon, plural bomboj, accusative plural bombojn)
- bomb (explosive device)
Derived terms
- bombi
- bombado
- atombombo
Related terms
- nuklea bombo
Ido
Noun
bombo (plural bombi)
- 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)
- bumblebee
- (literary) buzzing
- Synonyms: rimbombo, ronzio
Related terms
- bombino (diminutive)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.boː/, [ˈbɔmboː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.bo/, [ˈbɔmbo]
Noun
bombō
- dative/ablative singular of bombus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbõ.bu/
Verb
bombo
- first-person singular present indicative of bombar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbombo]
Noun
bombo f
- vocative singular of bombă
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin bombus (“noise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbombo/ [ˈbõm.bo]
- Rhymes: -ombo
- Syllabification: bom‧bo
Adjective
bombo (feminine bomba, masculine plural bombos, feminine plural bombas)
- (colloquial, of a person) reckless
- (Cuba, of liquids) having a mild temperature
- (Cuba, of fruit) bland, insipid, flavorless
Interjection
¡bombo!
- attention!
Noun
bombo m (plural bombos)
- bass drum
- bass drum player
- barge
- 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.
- 1900, Pastor Servando Obligado, Tradiciones argentinas - Primera serie
- (colloquial) the bump (stomach of a pregnant woman)
- 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