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bomba

/ˈbomba/, [ˈbõm.ba]

bomb, pump

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. (Andalucía, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, colloquial) drunkenness
  10. (Latin America) firecracker
  11. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) petrol station

Adjective bomba

  1. feminine singular of bombo

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • La bomba voló la casa de Tom en cenizas. Por suerte, él no estaba en casa en aquel momento.

    The bomb blew Tom's house to smithereens. Fortunately, he wasn't at home at the time.

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  • El ataque fue lanzado por un coche bomba suicida.

    The attack was launched by a suicide car bomb.

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  • El grupo terrorista fue responsable por la explosión de bomba en el exterior de la embajada.

    The terrorist group was responsible for the bomb explosion outside the embassy.

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  • La bomba explotó hace dos días atrás.

    The bomb exploded two days ago.

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  • El hombre inventó la bomba atómica, pero a ningún ratón jamás se le ocurriría construir una trampa de ratones.

    Man invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever have thought to build a mousetrap!

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  • La bomba atómica es el producto de la física del siglo veinte.

    The atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics.

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  • Usaron una bomba para sacar el agua.

    They used a pump to take out the water.

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  • ¿Sabes desactivar una bomba?

    Do you know how to deactivate a bomb?

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  • La ciencia produjo la bomba atómica.

    Science produced the atomic bomb.

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  • Cayó una gran bomba y muchísimas personas murieron.

    A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.

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