# bomba
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

### Noun

bomba (uncountable)
* (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: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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈbom.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈbom.ba]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Back-formation of bombarda (“bombard”).

#### Noun

bomba f (plural bombes)
* bomb
* 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bomba
* inflection of bombar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

From Spanish bomba.

#### Noun

bomba
* a bomb; an explosive
* the pump of a well

#### Verb

bomba
* to bomb; to attack using one or more bombs; to bombard
* to pump out water
* to pump in air

### Etymology 2

Undetermined.

#### Noun

bomba
* (dated) a woman with big buttocks, or thighs
* pornography

#### Adjective

bomba
* pornographic

## Chamorro
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bomba.

### Noun

bomba
* bomb
* pump

### Verb

bomba
* to bomb
* to pump

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbomba]
* Rhymes: -omba
* Hyphenation: bom‧ba

### Noun

bomba f
* bomb (explosive)
* (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)
* (slang) smash hit
* (colloquial) gas cylinder

#### 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: /bɔ̃.ba/
* Homophones: bombas, bombât

### Verb

bomba
* third-person singular past historic of bomber

## Hungarian
### Etymology

A wanderword. Primarily via German Bombe and Italian bomba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbombɒ]
* Hyphenation: bom‧ba
* Homophone: Bonnba
* Rhymes: -bɒ

### Noun

bomba (plural bombák)
* bomb (an explosive device used or intended as a weapon)
    Synonym: pokolgép

#### Derived terms

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

### References

* ↑ 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.)

### Further reading

* 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
### Etymology

From Malay bomba, from Portuguese bomba.

### Noun

bomba (dialectal, obsolete)
* alternative form of pompa

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бомба (bomba).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

bomba
* bomb

#### Declension
### References

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

## Irish
### Noun

bomba m (genitive singular bomba, nominative plural bombaí)
* Alternative form of buama (“bomb”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bomba
bombaí
vocative
a bhomba
a bhombaí
genitive
bomba
bombaí
dative
bomba
bombaí
forms with the definite article
case
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

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, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bomba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin bombus (“a boom”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbom.ba/
* Rhymes: -omba
* Hyphenation: bóm‧ba
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bomba f (plural bombe)
* 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
### Verb

bomba
* to hide

## Lithuanian
### Noun

bomba f
* bomb (device filled with explosives)
    aviacinė bomba ― aerial bomb
    cheminė bomba ― chemical bomb
    laiko bomba ― time bomb
    vandenilio bomba ― hydrogen bomb

#### Derived terms

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

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor) IPA: /ˈbombə/ [ˈbom.bə]
* (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA: /ˈbomba/ [ˈbom.ba]

### Noun

bomba (plural bomba-bomba, informal 1st possessive bombaku, 2nd possessive bombamu, 3rd possessive bombanya)
* firefighter, fire brigade
* pump
    Synonyms: pam, pompa (Indonesian)

#### Descendants

* → Central Dusun: bumba
* → Tausug: bumba

### Further reading

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

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bomba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔm.ba/

### Noun

bomba f (plural bombi)
* bomb; petard
* (figuratively) any big-sized round object
* (figuratively) unexpected news

#### Related terms

* bbombja
* bbumbardja
* bumbardament

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian bombe.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈpomːpa/

### Noun

bomba
* bomb

#### Further reading

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

## Norwegian
### Adjective

bomba
* (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
* definite singular of bombe

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* bombet

#### Verb

bomba
* simple past of bombe
* past participle of bombe

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bomba f sg
* definite singular of bombe

### Verb

bomba
* 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: /ˈbɔm.ba/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔmba
* Syllabification: bom‧ba

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* na bombie
* bomba kaloryczna
* bomba witaminowa
* bomba zegarowa
* brudna bomba

### Interjection

bomba
* (colloquial) great, cool

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbõ.bɐ/
* Rhymes: -õbɐ
* Hyphenation: bom‧ba
* Audio (Portugal, Porto):(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

bomba f (plural bombas)
* bomb (explosive device)
    Synonym: explosivo
* pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
* pump (device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold)
* (South Brazil) bombilla
* (colloquial) bombshell (an unforeseen event with important consequences)
* (Brazil, slang) the bomb (a success; something excellent)
* (Brazil, slang, derogatory) trash (something worthless or of poor quality)
    Synonym: porcaria
* (Brazil, bodybuilding, slang) steroid (any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance)
    Synonym: anabolizante
* (Brazil, slang, soccer) strong shot
* (Brazil, colloquial) Ellipsis of bomba de chocolate (“éclair”).

##### Quotations

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

##### Related terms

* bombado
* bombar (“to be very popular”)
* 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
* bombarda (“bombard”)
* bombardear (“to bombard, bomb; to shell”)
* bombardeiro (“bomber”)
* bombástico (“bombastic”)
* bombinha
* carro-bomba
* carta-bomba
* homem-bomba
* 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

* → Bengali: বোমা (bōma)
* → Gujarati: બંબો (bambo)
* → Hindi: बंबा (bambā)
* → Malay: bomba
* → Marathi: बंब (bamba)
* → Swahili: bomba
* → Urdu: بمبہ (bamba)
** → Kalasha: بامبا (bambá)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bomba
* inflection of bombar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bomber.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bomˈba/

### Verb

a bomba (third-person singular present bombează, past participle bombat) 1st conjugation
* (intransitive or reflexive) to bulge
* (transitive) to cause to bulge

#### Conjugation
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bôːmba/
* Hyphenation: bom‧ba

### Noun

bȏmba f (Cyrillic spelling бо̑мба)
* bomb

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bombe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɔmba]

### Noun

bomba f (relational adjective bombový, diminutive bombička)
* bomb (explosive)

#### 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, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bóːmba/

### Noun

bọ̑mba f
* bomb

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bombus (“noise”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbomba/ [ˈbõm.ba]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -omba
* Syllabification: bom‧ba

### Noun

bomba f (plural bombas)
* bomb (an explosive device used or intended as a weapon)
* pump (a device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
* adjustable metal slide used to tune brass instruments
* lamp globe
* something unusual producing excitement
* something extraordinary
* smash hit
* high-hat
* (Andalusia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
* (Latin America) firecracker
    Synonym: petardo
* (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 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
* pasarlo bomba

#### Related terms

* bombo
* rimbombante

### Adjective

bomba
* feminine singular of bombo

### Further reading

* “bomba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bomba.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

bomba class V (plural mabomba class VI)
* pipe, pipeline
* pump

## Swedish
### Etymology

From bomb +‎ -a.

### Verb

bomba (present bombar, preterite bombade, supine bombat, imperative bomba)
* to bomb (attack with bombs)
* (slang) to bomb (cover in graffiti)
* (slang) to bomb (swallow a ground-up and wrapped (in for example paper) recreational drug)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* attackbomba
* bombare
* bombning
* flygbomba
* precisionsbomba
* självmordsbomba
* störtbomba

### Further reading

* bomba in Svensk ordbok.
* Slangopedia

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bomba. Compare English bombshell.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

bomba (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)
* bomb; explosive
* pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)
* water pump; handpump
* (volleyball) kill
* air raid; bomber attack
* fire engine
* (colloquial, figurative) verbal attack; revelatory attack (usually in political speeches)
* (colloquial, figurative) nude scene (of a show)
* (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)
* (colloquial, figurative) naked
* (colloquial, figurative, vulgar) X-rated (of a film)

### Anagrams

* bambo

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bomba.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bomba (definite accusative bombayı, plural bombalar)
* bomb (explosive device used or intended as a weapon)

#### Declension

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 :