bomba

Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

bomba (uncountable)

1. (music) A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from Puerto Rico.
   • 2009 January 23, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     This eclectic group is dedicated to preserving the Puerto Rican traditions of bomba and plena, two drum-focused (and African-derived) forms of traditional dance music.

• bomba (Puerto Rico) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• A-bomb

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbom.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbom.ba]

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Back-formation from bombarda (“bombard”).

bomba f (plural bombes)

1. bomb
2. pump

• “bomba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

bomba

1. inflection of bombar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Spanish bomba.

bomba

1. a bomb; an explosive
2. the pump of a well

bomba

1. to bomb; to attack using one or more bombs; to bombard
2. to pump out water
3. to pump in air

Undetermined.

bomba

1. (dated) a woman with big buttocks, or thighs
2. pornography

bomba

1. pornographic

Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

bomba

1. bomb
2. pump

bomba

1. to bomb
2. to pump

• IPA^(key): [ˈbomba]
• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

bomba f

1. bomb (explosive)
2. (sports) howitzer (hard shot)
   • 2013, Petr Bílek, Obsluhoval jsem zlatou generaci, Praha: XYZ, →ISBN, page 97:

     Tak, pánové, v moderním hokeji rozhodují vstřelené branky. Kdo jich dá víc, vyhrává. Tak proto musíme dát o jednu bombu k tyči víc než soupeř. Hlavně bomby k tyči a jdeme ma to.

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3. (slang) smash hit
4. (colloquial) gas cylinder

• “bomba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bomba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.ba/
• Homophones: bombas, bombât

bomba

1. third-person singular past historic of bomber

A wanderword. Primarily via German Bombe and Italian bomba.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbombɒ]
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba
• Homophone: Bonnba
• Rhymes: -bɒ

bomba (plural bombák)

1. bomb (an explosive device used or intended as a weapon)

   Synonym: pokolgép

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bomba	bombák
accusative	bombát	bombákat
dative	bombának	bombáknak
instrumental	bombával	bombákkal
causal-final	bombáért	bombákért
translative	bombává	bombákká
terminative	bombáig	bombákig
essive-formal	bombaként	bombákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bombában	bombákban
superessive	bombán	bombákon
adessive	bombánál	bombáknál
illative	bombába	bombákba
sublative	bombára	bombákra
allative	bombához	bombákhoz
elative	bombából	bombákból
delative	bombáról	bombákról
ablative	bombától	bombáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	bombáé	bombáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	bombáéi	bombákéi

Possessive forms of bomba
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bombám	bombáim
2nd person sing.	bombád	bombáid
3rd person sing.	bombája	bombái
1st person plural	bombánk	bombáink
2nd person plural	bombátok	bombáitok
3rd person plural	bombájuk	bombáik

• bomba in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bomba in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Malay bomba, from Portuguese bomba.

bomba (dialectal, obsolete)

1. alternative form of pompa

Borrowed from Russian бомба (bomba).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈbombɑ/, [ˈbo̞mb]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈbombɑ/, [ˈpo̞mb̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -omb, -ombɑ
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

bomba

1. bomb

Declension of bomba (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	bomba	bombat
genitive	bomban	bombiin
partitive	bombaa	bombia
illative	bombaa	bombii
inessive	bombaas	bombiis
elative	bombast	bombist
allative	bomballe	bombille
adessive	bombaal	bombiil
ablative	bombalt	bombilt
translative	bombaks	bombiks
essive	bombanna, bombaan	bombinna, bombiin
exessive1)	bombant	bombint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 423

bomba m (genitive singular bomba, nominative plural bombaí)

1. Alternative form of buama (“bomb”)

• bombáil (“bomb”, transitive verb)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bomba	bhomba	mbomba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bomba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bomba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

From Latin bombus (“a boom”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbom.ba/
• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: bóm‧ba

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bomba f (plural bombe)

1. bomb

• → French: bombe
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: bombe
• → Turkish: bomba
  • → Laz: ბომბა (bomba), ბუმბა (bumba) — Vitse

• bambo

bomba

1. to hide

bomba f

1. bomb (device filled with explosives)

   aviacinė bomba ― aerial bomb

   cheminė bomba ― chemical bomb

   laiko bomba ― time bomb

   vandenilio bomba ― hydrogen bomb

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /ˈbombə/ [ˈbom.bə]

• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈbomba/ [ˈbom.ba]

bomba (plural bomba-bomba, informal 1st possessive bombaku, 2nd possessive bombamu, 3rd possessive bombanya)

1. firefighter, fire brigade
2. pump

   Synonyms: pam, pompa (Indonesian)

• “bomba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Italian bomba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.ba/

bomba f (plural bombi)

1. bomb; petard
2. (figuratively) any big-sized round object
3. (figuratively) unexpected news

Borrowed from Norwegian bombe.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpomːpa/

bomba

1. bomb

Even a-stem, mb-mbb gradation
Nominative	bomba
Genitive	bombba
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bomba	bombbat
Accusative	bombba	bombbaid
Genitive	bombba	bombbaid
Illative	bombii	bombbaide
Locative	bombbas	bombbain
Comitative	bombbain	bombbaiguin
Essive	bomban
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bomban bombame bombamet 2nd person bombat bombade bombadet 3rd person bombas bombaska bombaset

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

bomba

1. (figuratively, slang, of a location) As if a bombshell had gone off; extremely untidy.

• bomba horehus

• bomben

bomba m sg or f sg

1. definite singular of bombe

• bombet

bomba

1. simple past of bombe
2. past participle of bombe

bomba f sg

1. definite singular of bombe

bomba

1. past of bombe

Borrowed from French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a boom”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos). Related to bęben.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.ba/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmba
• Syllabification: bom‧ba

bomba f

1. bomb
2. Clipping of bomba kryptologiczna (“cryptologic bomba”) (an electromechanical machine used to break the German Enigma cipher)
3. (sports) a very hard hit of a ball
4. (school slang) a bad grade
5. (slang) a period of sobriety after consumption of substances

bomba

1. (colloquial) great, cool

• bomba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bomba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -õbɐ
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

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Borrowed from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”). Doublet of bombo.

bomba f (plural bombas)

1. bomb (explosive device)

   Synonym: explosivo

2. pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
3. pump (device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold)
4. (South Brazil) bombilla
5. (colloquial) bombshell (an unforeseen event with important consequences)
6. (Brazil, slang) the bomb (a success; something excellent)
7. (Brazil, slang, derogatory) trash (something worthless or of poor quality)

   Synonym: porcaria

8. (Brazil, bodybuilding, slang) steroid (any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance)

   Synonym: anabolizante

9. (Brazil, slang, soccer) strong shot
10. (Brazil, colloquial) Ellipsis of bomba de chocolate (“éclair”).

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bomba.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bomba

1. inflection of bombar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French bomber.

• IPA^(key): /bomˈba/

a bomba (third-person singular present bombează, past participle bombat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
2. (transitive) to cause to bulge

• IPA^(key): /bôːmba/
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

bȏmba f (Cyrillic spelling бо̑мба)

1. bomb

Borrowed from German Bombe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔmba/

bomba f (genitive singular bomby, nominative plural bomby, genitive plural bômb, declension pattern of žena)

1. bomb (explosive)

• “bomba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

• IPA^(key): /bóːmba/

bọ̑mba f

1. bomb

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	bómba
gen. sing.	bómbe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bómba	bómbi	bómbe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bómbe	bómb	bómb
dative (dajȃlnik)	bómbi	bómbama	bómbam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bómbo	bómbi	bómbe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bómbi	bómbah	bómbah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bómbo	bómbama	bómbami

Borrowed from Latin bombus (“noise”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbomba/ [ˈbõm.ba]

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• Rhymes: -omba
• Syllabification: bom‧ba

bomba f (plural bombas)

1. bomb (an explosive device used or intended as a weapon)
2. pump (a device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
3. adjustable metal slide used to tune brass instruments
4. lamp globe
5. something unusual producing excitement
6. something extraordinary
7. smash hit
8. high-hat
9. (Andalusia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

10. (Latin America) firecracker

    Synonym: petardo

11. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) petrol station

    Synonyms: gasolinera, estación de servicio, (Chile) bencinera, (Mexico) gasolinería, (Peru) grifo

bomba

1. feminine singular of bombo

• “bomba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

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bomba (ma class, plural mabomba)

1. pipe, pipeline
2. pump

From bomb +‎ -a.

bomba (present bombar, preterite bombade, supine bombat, imperative bomba)

1. to bomb (attack with bombs)
2. (slang) to bomb (cover in graffiti)
3. (slang) to bomb (swallow a ground-up and wrapped (in for example paper) recreational drug)

• bomba in Svensk ordbok.
• Slangopedia

Borrowed from Spanish bomba. Compare English bombshell.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbomba/ [ˈbom.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -omba
• Syllabification: bom‧ba

bomba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. bomb; explosive
2. pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
3. water pump; handpump
4. (volleyball) kill
5. air raid; bomber attack
6. fire engine
7. (colloquial, figurative) verbal attack; revelatory attack (usually in political speeches)
8. (colloquial, figurative) nude scene (of a show)
9. (colloquial, figurative) garden hose; water hose

bomba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. (colloquial, figurative) naked
2. (colloquial, figurative, vulgar) X-rated (of a film)

• bambo

Borrowed from Italian bomba.

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bomba (definite accusative bombayı, plural bombalar)

1. bomb (explosive device used or intended as a weapon)

Inflection
Nominative	bomba
Definite accusative	bombayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bomba	bombalar
Definite accusative	bombayı	bombaları
Dative	bombaya	bombalara
Locative	bombada	bombalarda
Ablative	bombadan	bombalardan
Genitive	bombanın	bombaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular bombam bombalarım 2nd singular bomban bombaların 3rd singular bombası bombaları 1st plural bombamız bombalarımız 2nd plural bombanız bombalarınız 3rd plural bombaları bombaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular bombamı bombalarımı 2nd singular bombanı bombalarını 3rd singular bombasını bombalarını 1st plural bombamızı bombalarımızı 2nd plural bombanızı bombalarınızı 3rd plural bombalarını bombalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular bombama bombalarıma 2nd singular bombana bombalarına 3rd singular bombasına bombalarına 1st plural bombamıza bombalarımıza 2nd plural bombanıza bombalarınıza 3rd plural bombalarına bombalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular bombamda bombalarımda 2nd singular bombanda bombalarında 3rd singular bombasında bombalarında 1st plural bombamızda bombalarımızda 2nd plural bombanızda bombalarınızda 3rd plural bombalarında bombalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular bombamdan bombalarımdan 2nd singular bombandan bombalarından 3rd singular bombasından bombalarından 1st plural bombamızdan bombalarımızdan 2nd plural bombanızdan bombalarınızdan 3rd plural bombalarından bombalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular bombamın bombalarımın 2nd singular bombanın bombalarının 3rd singular bombasının bombalarının 1st plural bombamızın bombalarımızın 2nd plural bombanızın bombalarınızın 3rd plural bombalarının bombalarının