bomba
Meaning
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- (feminine) bomb (explosive device)
- (feminine) pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
- (feminine) pump (device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold)
- (South-Brazil,feminine) bombilla
- (colloquial,feminine) bombshell (an unforeseen event with important consequences)
- (Brazil,feminine,slang) the bomb (a success; something excellent)
- (Brazil,derogatory,feminine,slang) trash (something worthless or of poor quality)
- (Brazil,feminine,slang) steroid (any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance)
- (Brazil,feminine,slang) strong shot
- (Brazil,abbreviation,alt-of,colloquial,ellipsis,feminine) Ellipsis of bomba de chocolate (“éclair”).
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bom‧ba
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbõ.bɐ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”). Doublet of bombo.
New
bombar
- (transitive) to pump (to use a pump to move a liquid)
- (colloquial,intransitive) to rock (to greatly impact, positively)
- (Portugal,colloquial,intransitive,transitive) to be very loud
- (colloquial,intransitive,transitive) to be very popular
- (Brazil,colloquial,intransitive,transitive) fail (to receive non-passing grades academically)
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Sentences
O lançamento aéreo da bomba atômica em Hiroshima teve implicações devastadoras.
The airdrop of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima had devastating implications.
