See also: Bomba and bombă

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Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

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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.

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation from bombarda (bombard).

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bomba f (plural bombes)

  1. bomb
  2. pump
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bomba

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

Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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From Spanish bomba.

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bomba

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

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bomba

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

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Undetermined.

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bomba

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

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bomba

  1. pornographic

Chamorro

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Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

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bomba

  1. bomb
  2. pump

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bomba

  1. to bomb
  2. to pump

Czech

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

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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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (slang) smash hit
  4. (colloquial) gas cylinder

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Further reading

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

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bomba

  1. third-person singular past historic of bomber

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

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bomba (plural bombák)

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

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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

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  1. ^ bomba in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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  • 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).

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay bomba, from Portuguese bomba.

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bomba (dialectal, obsolete)

  1. alternative form of pompa

Ingrian

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Borrowed from Russian бомба (bomba).

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bomba

  1. bomb

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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.

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

Irish

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Noun

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bomba m (genitive singular bomba, nominative plural bombaí)

  1. Alternative form of buama (bomb)

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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.

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Italian

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    From Latin bombus (a boom).

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    bomba f (plural bombe)

    1. bomb

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    • French: bombe
      • Norwegian Bokmål: bombe
    • Turkish: bomba

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    bomba

    1. to hide

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    bomba f

    1. bomb (device filled with explosives)
      aviacinė bombaaerial bomb
      cheminė bombachemical bomb
      laiko bombatime bomb
      vandenilio bombahydrogen bomb

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    Malay

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    Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

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

    1. firefighter, fire brigade
    2. pump
      Synonyms: pam, pompa (Indonesian)

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    Borrowed from Italian bomba.

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    bomba f (plural bombi)

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

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    • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpomːpa/

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    bomba

    1. bomb

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    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

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    • 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

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    bomba

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

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    bomba m sg or f sg

    1. definite singular of bombe

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    bomba

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

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    bomba f sg

    1. definite singular of bombe

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    bomba

    1. past of bombe

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

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    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

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    bomba

    1. (colloquial) great, cool

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

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    Etymology 1

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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.

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      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).
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      bomb
      pump
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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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      bomba

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

      Romanian

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      Borrowed from French bomber.

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

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

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

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      bȏmba f (Cyrillic spelling бо̑мба)

      1. bomb

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

      1. bomb (explosive)

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      • 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, 2024

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      bọ̑mba f

      1. bomb

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      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

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      Borrowed from Latin bombus (noise).

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      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

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      bomba

      1. feminine singular of bombo

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      Swahili

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      Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

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      bomba (ma class, plural mabomba)

      1. pipe, pipeline
      2. pump

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      From bomb +‎ -a.

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      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)

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      Tagalog

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      Borrowed from Spanish bomba. Compare English bombshell.

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      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

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      bomba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

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

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      Borrowed from Italian bomba.

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      bomba (definite accusative bombayı, plural bombalar)

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

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      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