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bomba

bomba

See also: bombă

English

Noun

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:
      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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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin bombus (noise).

Noun

bomba f (plural bombes)

  1. bomb
  2. pump

Derived terms


Chamorro

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish bomba.

Noun

bomba

  1. bomb
  2. pump

Verb

bomba

  1. to bomb
  2. to pump

Czech

Noun

bomba f

  1. bomb (explosive)

Derived terms


French

Pronunciation

Verb

bomba

  1. third-person singular past historic of bomber

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbombɒ]
  • Hyphenation: bom‧ba

Noun

bomba (plural bombák)

  1. bomb

Declension

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
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

Derived terms


Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch pomp.

Noun

bomba

  1. pump

Irish

Noun

bomba m (genitive singular bomba, nominative plural bombaí)

  1. Alternative form of buama (bomb)

Declension

Mutation

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

Noun

bomba f (plural bombe)

  1. bomb

Derived terms


Lithuanian

Noun

bomba f

  1. bomb (device filled with explosives)
    aviacinė bomba — aerial bomb
    cheminė bomba — chemical bomb
    laiko bomba — time bomb
    vandenilio bomba — hydrogen bomb

Inflection

Derived terms

  • atominė bomba (atom bomb)
  • branduolinė bomba (nuclear bomb)

Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from Portuguese bomba.

Noun

bomba

  1. firefighter, fire brigade
  2. pump

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian bomba.

Noun

bomba f (plural bombi)

  1. bomb

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowing from Norwegian bombe.

Noun

bomba

  1. bomb

Inflection

Even, 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

Norwegian

Adjective

bomba

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

Compounds

  • bomba horehus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

bomba m, f

  1. definite singular of bombe

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

bomba

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bomba f

  1. definite singular of bombe

Verb

bomba

  1. past of bombe

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

bomba f (plural bomby)

  1. bomb
  2. cryptologic bomba (bomba kryptologiczna), an electromechanical machine used to break the German Enigma cipher

Declension


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (a booming sound), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, booming, humming, buzzing).

Pronunciation

Noun

bomba f (plural bombas)

  1. bomb
  2. pump

Related terms

Descendants

Verb

bomba

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of bombar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of bombar

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bȏmba f (Cyrillic spelling бо̑мба)

  1. bomb

Declension


Slovak

Noun

bomba f

  1. bomb (explosive)

Derived terms


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbóːmba/
  • Tonal orthography: bọ̑mba

Noun

bómba f (genitive bómbe, nominative plural bómbe)

  1. bomb

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbom.ba/

Etymology

From Latin bombus (noise).

Adjective

bomba

  1. feminine singular of bombo

Noun

bomba f (plural bombas)

  1. bomb
  2. pump
  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. (Latin America) firecracker

Derived terms


Swahili

bomba

Noun

bomba (needs class)

  1. pipe (hollow tube)


This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at pipe. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see bomba in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009


Swedish

Etymology

bomb + -a

Verb

bomba

  1. to bomb (to attack with bombs)

Conjugation

Derived terms


Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian bomba.

Noun

bomba (definite accusative bombayı, plural bombalar)

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

Declension