tromba

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant)
2. (broadly, colloquial, feminine) face
3. (colloquial, feminine) a sullen facial expression
4. (feminine) stinger (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid)
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine) ellipsis of tromba-d'água (“waterspout”)
6. (feminine, obsolete) a trumpet or bugle

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of trombar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of trombar:

trombar

to collide

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Concepts

trunk

proboscis

stigma

nose

👃

snout

tornado

🌪️

pout

😡

whirlwind

landspout

Synonyms

focinho

rosto

focinhos

tromba d’água

probóscide

Proboscide

Translations

trompe

🎺

slurf

Rüssel

proboscide

trompa

snuit

tromp

olifantssnuit

προβοσκίδα

trombe

probóscide

Schnauze

muso

μουσούδι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɾõ.bɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tromba, trompa, from Frankish *trumpa, from an imitative Germanic word.