bomba

See also: Bomba and bombă

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekbor.

Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos)bor.

Latin bombusbor.

Spanish bombabor.

English bomba

Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

Noun

bomba (countable and uncountable, plural bombas)

1. (music) A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from Puerto Rico.
   • 2009 January 23, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     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.

Further reading

• bomba (Puerto Rico) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A-bomb

Albanian

Noun

bomba

1. inflection of bombë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Asturian

bomba, sense 2

bomba, sense 4

Etymology

From Latin bombus (“noise”). The pastry comes from the fact that the inside 'explodes' like a bomb when it's bitten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbomba/ [ˈbõm.ba]
• Rhymes: -omba
• Syllabification: bom‧ba

Noun

bomba f (plural bombes)

1. bomb
2. bubble

   Synonyms: pómpara, borbolla, (Western) babarón

3. pump
4. Berliner (pastry)

Derived terms

• bomba atómica (“atomic bomb”)
• bombarderu
• bombardiar
• bombazu
• bombiar (“to pump”)
• bombu
• zambomba

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “bomba”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “bomba”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		бомба
Arabic		بومبا

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бомба (bomba), ultimately derived from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbombɑ/, /bomˈbɑ/

Noun

bomba (definite accusative bombanı, plural bombalar)

1. bomb

   kimyəvi bomba ― chemical bomb

   atom bombası ― atomic bomb

   hidrogen bombası ― hydrogen bomb

   Neytron bombası istehsalını qadağan etməli!

   We must ban the production of neutron bombs!

Declension

Declension of bomba

	singular	plural
nominative	bomba	bombalar
definite accusative	bombanı	bombaları
dative	bombaya	bombalara
locative	bombada	bombalarda
ablative	bombadan	bombalardan
definite genitive	bombanın	bombaların

Possessive forms of bomba

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bombam	bombalarım
sənin (“your”)	bomban	bombaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	bombası	bombaları
bizim (“our”)	bombamız	bombalarımız
sizin (“your”)	bombanız	bombalarınız
onların (“their”)	bombası or bombaları	bombaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bombamı	bombalarımı
sənin (“your”)	bombanı	bombalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	bombasını	bombalarını
bizim (“our”)	bombamızı	bombalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	bombanızı	bombalarınızı
onların (“their”)	bombasını or bombalarını	bombalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bombama	bombalarıma
sənin (“your”)	bombana	bombalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	bombasına	bombalarına
bizim (“our”)	bombamıza	bombalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	bombanıza	bombalarınıza
onların (“their”)	bombasına or bombalarına	bombalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bombamda	bombalarımda
sənin (“your”)	bombanda	bombalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	bombasında	bombalarında
bizim (“our”)	bombamızda	bombalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	bombanızda	bombalarınızda
onların (“their”)	bombasında or bombalarında	bombalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bombamdan	bombalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	bombandan	bombalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	bombasından	bombalarından
bizim (“our”)	bombamızdan	bombalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	bombanızdan	bombalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	bombasından or bombalarından	bombalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	bombamın	bombalarımın
sənin (“your”)	bombanın	bombalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	bombasının	bombalarının
bizim (“our”)	bombamızın	bombalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	bombanızın	bombalarınızın
onların (“their”)	bombasının or bombalarının	bombalarının

Derived terms

• aerobomba
• aviabomba
• bombaatan (“bomb thrower”)
• bombacıq (“small bomb”)
• bombaçı (“bomber”)
• bombadaşıma (“bomb transportation”)
• bombadaşıyan (“bomber aircraft”)
• bombalama (“bombing”)
• bombalamaq (“to bomb”)
• bombalanma (“being bombed”)
• bombalanmaq (“to be bombed”)
• bombalatma (“causing to bomb”)
• bombalatmaq (“to have something bombed”)
• bombaşəkilli (“bomb-shaped”)
• bombatökən (“bomb dropper”)
• əlbombası
• minibomba

Related terms

• bombardman

Adjective

bomba (comparative daha bomba, superlative ən bomba)

1. bombing

   bomba zərbələri ― bomb strikes/bombing raids

   bomba kimi partlamaq ― explode like a bomb

2. (slang, colloquial) nice, awesome, cool
   • Elmir Kamil; Asəf Bağmanlı (2011), “No problem”‎^[4] (in Azerbaijani):

     Sözlü növbə çatdı Elmir, Asafə.
     Bomba civiyə yaxınlaşıb bir dəfə
     Hər ikimiz dedik: "Gəl gedək kefə"

     Now the word is passed to Elmir and Asaf.
     Once approaching an aight' gal
     We both said: "Let's go have some fun."

References

• Tağıyev M. T. et al., editors (2006), “bomba”, in Azərbaycanca-rusca lüğət [Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], Baku: Şərq-Qərb
• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “bomba”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[5] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 333

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-búmb.

Verb

bomba

1. to cover
2. to hide

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Etymology 1

Back-formation from bombarda (“bombard”).

Noun

bomba f (plural bombes)

1. bomb
2. pump

Derived terms

• bomba atòmica f (“atomic bomb”)
• bomba d'hidrogen f (“hydrogen bomb”)
• bombar (“to bomb”)
• bombo m (“bass drum”)
• cotxe bomba m (“car bomb”)

Related terms

• bombardeig m (“bombing”)
• bombardejar (“to bomb, bombard”)
• bombarder m (“bomber”)

Further reading

• “bomba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

bomba

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

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish bomba.

Noun

bomba

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

Verb

bomba

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

Etymology 2

Undetermined.

Noun

bomba

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

Adjective

bomba

1. pornographic

Chamorro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

Noun

bomba

1. bomb
2. pump

Verb

bomba

1. to bomb
2. to pump

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbomba]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of bomba (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	bomba	bomby
genitive	bomby	bomb
dative	bombě	bombám
accusative	bombu	bomby
vocative	bombo	bomby
locative	bombě	bombách
instrumental	bombou	bombami

Derived terms

• bombardér
• bombardovat

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

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

Verb

bomba

1. third-person singular past historic of bomber

Hungarian

Etymology

A wanderword. Primarily via German Bombe and Italian bomba.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bomba (plural bombák)

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

   Synonym: pokolgép

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
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

Derived terms

• bombás
• bombáz

Compound words

• atombomba
• bombagól
• bombakár
• bombamerénylet
• bombanő
• bombariadó
• bombasérült
• bombasiker
• bombaszilánk
• bombatalálat
• bombatámadás
• bombatölcsér
• bűzbomba
• csőbomba
• füstbomba
• gyújtóbomba
• hidrogénbomba
• levélbomba
• rakétabomba

Further reading

• bomba in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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 2026).

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bomba, from Portuguese bomba.

Noun

bomba (plural bomba-bomba)

1. (dialectal, obsolete) alternative form of pompa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Moronene [Term?].

Noun

bomba (plural bomba-bomba)

1. bamboo binder (young bamboo whose stems are used as a binder for thatched roofs or wall binders)

Further reading

• “bomba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бомба (bomba).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bomba

1. bomb

Declension

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.

References

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

Irish

Noun

bomba m (genitive singular bomba, nominative plural bombaí)

1. alternative form of buama (“bomb”)

Declension

Declension of bomba (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bomba bombaí vocative a bhomba a bhombaí genitive bomba bombaí dative bomba bombaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bomba na bombaí genitive an bhomba na mbombaí dative leis an mbomba don bhomba leis na bombaí

Related terms

• bombáil (“bomb”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bomba

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bomba	bhomba	mbomba

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Istriot

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bomba.

Noun

bomba f

1. bomb
2. (sports) ball
3. (firearms) bullet, lead
4. boasting, fib
5. one-time game

References

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, pages 127-128
• Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria‎^[6], →ISBN, →OCLC

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bombus (“a boom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbom.ba/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -omba
• Hyphenation: bóm‧ba

Noun

bomba f (plural bombe)

1. bomb

Derived terms

• bomba a grappolo (“cluster bomb”)
• bomba a mano (“hand grenade”)
• bomba a orologeria, bomba a tempo (“time bomb”)
• bomba atomica, bomba A (“atomic bomb”)

Related terms

• bombardare (“to bombard, bomb, fire”, transitive verb)
• bombardiere (“bomber; bombardier”)

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• bambo

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi bomba.

Verb

-bomba (infinitive kobomba)

1. to hide

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

Declension of bombà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	bombà	bombos
genitive (kilmininkas)	bombos	bombų
dative (naudininkas)	bombai	bomboms
accusative (galininkas)	bombą	bombàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	bombà	bombomis
locative (vietininkas)	bomboje	bombose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	bomba	bombos

Derived terms

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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈbomba/ [ˈbom.ba]

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈbombə/ [ˈbom.bə]
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

Noun

bomba (Jawi spelling بومبا, plural bomba-bomba or bomba²)

1. firefighter, fire brigade
2. pump

   Synonyms: pam, pompa (Indonesia)

Descendants

• → Central Dusun: bumba
• → Tausug: bumba

Further reading

• "bomba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekbor.

Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos)bor.

Latin bombusder.

Italian bombabor.

Maltese bomba

Borrowed from Italian bomba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɔmba

Noun

bomba f (plural bombi)

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

Related terms

• bbombja
• bbumbardja
• bumbardament

Ngombe (Congo)

Verb

bomba

1. to hide

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian bombe.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpomːpa/

Noun

bomba

1. bomb

Inflection

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

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[7], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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

• bomben

Noun

bomba m sg or f sg

1. definite singular of bombe

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• bombet

Verb

bomba

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bomba f sg

1. definite singular of bombe

Verb

bomba

1. past of bombe

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔm.ba/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔmba
• Syllabification: bom‧ba

Noun

bomba f

1. bomb
2. clipping of bomba kryptologiczna (“cryptologic bomb”) (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

Declension

Declension of bomba

	singular	plural
nominative	bomba	bomby
genitive	bomby	bomb
dative	bombie	bombom
accusative	bombę	bomby
instrumental	bombą	bombami
locative	bombie	bombach
vocative	bombo	bomby

Derived terms

adjectives

• na bombie

nouns

• bomba kaloryczna
• bomba witaminowa
• bomba zegarowa
• brudna bomba

Interjection

bomba

1. (colloquial) great, cool

Further reading

• “bomba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[8] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bomba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[9] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbõ.bɐ/

• Rhymes: -õbɐ
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”). Etymology 1, noun sense 3 is a semantic loan from English, which explains the apparent discrepancy with etymology 1, noun sense 4. Doublet of bombo.

Alternative forms

• bõba (obsolete)

Noun

bomba f (plural bombas)

1. bomb (explosive device)

   Synonym: explosivo

2. (colloquial) bombshell (an unforeseen event with important consequences)
4. (Brazil, slang) the bomb (a success; something excellent)
   • 2001 June, Renata Leão, quoting Juliana Veiga, “Hi-Tek, Hi — Teknology (Rawkus Records)”, Discoteque, in Tpm, volume 1, number 3, São Paulo: Editora Trip, page 109, column 1:

     O primeiro solo do DJ Hi-Tek é uma bomba. Os rappers Mos Def e Talib Kweli apavoram na sonzeira. Com um ritmo hip hop e alguns raps mais pesados, o CD é uma boa opção para ouvir a caminho de uma balada. A faixa dois, "The Sun God", é um tesão porque conta com a participação de algumas garotas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. (Brazil, slang, derogatory) trash (something worthless or of poor quality)

   Synonym: porcaria

   • 1971 July 16, “Papa-fusca machão da 6 meses ou 12 mil km. de garantia em carros usados”, in Placar, number 70, São Paulo: Abril, page 26, column 1:

     Ninguém engana você com uma "jóia" que no fundo é uma "bomba".

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2008 July, Nina Lemos Leão, quoting Fernanda Scagliusi, “A vida é diet (mas não deveria ser)”, Badulaque, in Tpm, volume 7, number 78, São Paulo: Editora Trip, Cuidado: perigo diet, page 57, column 2:

     "Existe um consumo diário máximo recomendado para qualquer adoçante", diz Fernanda, que acha que a histeria dietética causa outro dano: a perda do sabor. Ah, e segundo ela, o tal açúcar light é "uma bomba". Por isso, meninas, é preciso estar atenta e ser forte. Mesmo em uma simples visita ao supermercado.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

   Synonym: anabolizante

   • 2007, Mag, “Quer Tomar Bomba?” (3:24 from the start), in Super-Heróis Urbanos:

     Quer tomar bomba? Pode aplicar / Mas eu não garanto se vai inchar

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

   Synonym: éclair

Related terms

• antibomba
• bomba atômica / bomba atómica
• bomba caseira
• bomba de chocolate
• bomba de fragmentação
• bomba de fumaça
• bomba de hidrogênio / bomba de hidrogénio
• bomba de profundidade
• bomba nuclear
• bomba-relógio
• bombado
• bombar (“to be very popular”)
• bombarda (“bombard”)
• bombardear (“to bombard, bomb; to shell”)
• bombardeiro (“bomber”)
• bombástico (“bombastic”)
• bombinha
• carro-bomba
• carta-bomba
• homem-bomba

Descendants

• → Bengali: বোমা (bōma)

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Sources are divided in considering it either a derivation from etymology 1—although neither Italian bomba or Latin bombus carry this sense—or a borrowing from French pompe, which was then reshaped by analogy.

Noun

bomba f (plural bombas)

1. pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
   • 1572 March 12, Luis de Camoẽs, chapter VI, in Os Lvsiadas, Lisbon: Antonio Gõçaluez, page 108v:

     O ceo fere com gritos niſto a gente, / Cum ſubito temor, & deſacordo, / Que no romper da vela a Nao pendente / Toma gram ſuma dagoa pello bordo, / Alija, diſſe o meſtre, rijamente, / Alija tudo ao mar, não falte acordo, / Vão outros dar a bomba não ceſſando, / Aa bomba que nos imos alagando.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. pump (device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold)
3. (South Brazil) bombilla (a straw, often made of metal, ending in a filter and used for drinking maté/chimarrão)

Related terms

• bomba d'água
• bomba de alimentação
• bomba de calor
• bomba de gasolina
• bomba de infusão
• bomba injetora
• bombear (“to pump”)
• bombeiro (“firefighter”)
• meia-bomba

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဘုံပိုင် (bhumpuing)
• → Gujarati: બંબો (bambo)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बंबा (bambā)

  Urdu: بمبہ (bamba)

  • → Kalasha: بامبا (bambá)

• → Malay: bomba
• → Marathi: बंब (bamba)
• → Swahili: bomba

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bomba

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

Further reading

• “bomba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 54, column 2
• “bomba¹^MZOE”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bomba²^K9G2”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bomber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bomˈba/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    conjugation of bomba (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a bomba
gerund			bombând
past participle			bombat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	bombez	bombezi	bombează	bombăm	bombați	bombează
	imperfect	bombam	bombai	bomba	bombam	bombați	bombau
	simple perfect	bombai	bombași	bombă	bombarăm	bombarăți	bombară
	pluperfect	bombasem	bombaseși	bombase	bombaserăm	bombaserăți	bombaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să bombez	să bombezi	să bombeze	să bombăm	să bombați	să bombeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		bombează			bombați
	negative		nu bomba			nu bombați

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bȏmba f (Cyrillic spelling бо̑мба)

1. bomb

Declension

Declension of bomba

	singular	plural
nominative	bȏmba	bombe
genitive	bombe	bȏmbā / bȏmbī
dative	bombi	bombama
accusative	bombu	bombe
vocative	bombo	bombe
locative	bombi	bombama
instrumental	bombom	bombama

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bombe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔmba/, [ˈbɔmba]
• Rhymes: -ɔmba
• Hyphenation: bom‧ba

Noun

bomba f (relational adjective bombový, diminutive bombička)

1. bomb (explosive)

Declension

Declension of bomba
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	bomba	bomby
genitive	bomby	bômb
dative	bombe	bombám
accusative	bombu	bomby
locative	bombe	bombách
instrumental	bombou	bombami

Derived terms

• bombardovať (“to bomb, bombard”)

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːmba/

Noun

bọ̑mba f

1. bomb

Declension

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

Derived terms

• bọ̑mbnik

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bombus (“noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbomba/ [ˈbõm.ba]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -omba
• Syllabification: bom‧ba

Noun

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, Uruguay) petrol station

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

Derived terms

• abombar (“to make round or convex”)
• antibomba
• auto bomba
• bomba alimenticia
• bomba atómica
• bomba caminera
• bomba de aire
• bomba de alimentación
• bomba de calor
• bomba de chorro
• bomba de cobalto
• bomba de hidrógeno
• bomba de humo
• bomba de inyección
• bomba de mano
• bomba de neutrones
• bomba de racimo
• bomba de relojería
• bomba de sodio
• bomba de tiempo
• bomba fétida
• bomba guiada
• bomba H
• bomba inteligente
• bomba lacrimógena
• bomba lapa
• bomba molotov
• bomba nuclear
• bomba termonuclear
• bombazo (“blockbuster; explosion from a bomb; bombshell”)
• bombear (“to bomb; to cheat; to pump”)
• bombero (“firefighter”)
• bombilla (diminutive)
• bombín
• bombita
• carta bomba
• coche bomba
• cuerpo de bomba
• estar echando bombas
• hacer la bomba
• hombre bomba
• pasarlo bomba

Related terms

• bombo
• rimbombante

Adjective

bomba

1. feminine singular of bombo

Further reading

• “bomba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɓɔ.ᵐbɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

bomba class V (plural mabomba class VI)

1. pipe, pipeline

   bomba la mafuta ― oil pipeline

2. pump

Swedish

Etymology

From bomb +‎ -a.

Verb

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)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bomba (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bomba		bombas
supine	bombat		bombats
imperative	bomba		—
imper. plural1	bomben		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bombar	bombade	bombas	bombades
ind. plural1	bomba	bombade	bombas	bombades
subjunctive2	bombe	bombade	bombes	bombades
present participle		bombande
past participle		bombad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• attackbomba
• bombare
• bombning
• flygbomba
• precisionsbomba
• självmordsbomba
• störtbomba

Further reading

• “bomba”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• Slangopedia

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bomba. Compare English bombshell.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bomba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. bomb; explosive
2. pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
3. water pump; handpump

   Synonym: poso

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

Derived terms

• bombahan
• bombahin
• bumomba
• eroplanong pambomba
• kanlungan ng bomba
• magbomba
• nakabomba
• pambobomba
• pambomba

See also

• pasabog

Adjective

bomba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

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

Anagrams

• bambo

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بومبا (bomba), borrowed from Italian bomba.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

bomba (definite accusative bombayı, plural bombalar)

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

Declension

Declension of bomba

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

Derived terms

• yangın bombası