bombar

Catalan

Etymology

From bomba +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bumˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bomˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bomˈbaɾ]

Verb

bombar (first-person singular present bombo, first-person singular preterite bombí, past participle bombat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to pump (to use a pump to move liquid or gas)
2. (transitive, reflexive) to inflate, to swell
3. (transitive, colloquial) to bomb (to fail dismally)

   Synonym: suspendre

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bombar (first conjugation)

infinitive			bombar
gerund			bombant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bombat		bombada
		plural		bombats		bombades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bombo	bombes	bomba	bombem	bombeu	bomben
	imperfect	bombava	bombaves	bombava	bombàvem	bombàveu	bombaven
	future	bombaré	bombaràs	bombarà	bombarem	bombareu	bombaran
	preterite	bombí	bombares	bombà	bombàrem	bombàreu	bombaren
	conditional	bombaria	bombaries	bombaria	bombaríem	bombaríeu	bombarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bombi	bombis	bombi	bombem	bombeu	bombin
	imperfect	bombés	bombessis	bombés	bombéssim	bombéssiu	bombessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	bomba	bombi	bombem	bombeu	bombin
	negative (no)	—	no bombis	no bombi	no bombem	no bombeu	no bombin

Derived terms

• bombament

Further reading

• “bombar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bombar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bombar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bombar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From bomba +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõˈba(ʁ)/ [bõˈba(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõˈba(ʁ)/ [bõˈba(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bõˈba(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bõˈba(ʁ)/ [bõˈba(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bõˈba(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bõˈbaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bõˈbaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bõˈba.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bom‧bar

Verb

bombar (first-person singular present bombo, first-person singular preterite bombei, past participle bombado)

1. (transitive) to pump (to use a pump to move a liquid)
2. (intransitive, colloquial) to rock (to greatly impact, positively)
3. (transitive, intransitive, Portugal, colloquial) to be very loud
4. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to be very popular
5. (transitive, intransitive, Brazil, colloquial) to fail (to receive non-passing grades academically)

   Synonym: reprovar

6. (transitive, Brazil, transgender slang) to perform industrial silicone injections on transgender women
   • 2024, Maria Angélica Carvalho Andrade, Francis Sodré, Pablo Cardozo Rocon, Desigualdades sociais em saúde: debates contemporâneos para construção de políticas públicas‎^[1], Editora Rede Unida, →ISBN, page 331:

     Rocon et al.(2017,p.524) descrevem as bombadeiras como travestis ou transexuais mais velhas que dominam a técnica de silicone industrial nos corpos, conhecida como “bombar” ou “bombação”  […]

     Rocon et al.(2017, p.524) describe bombadeiras as older travestis or transgender women who have mastered the technique of injecting industrial silicone into bodies, a practice known as "bombar" or “bombação”  […]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bombar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bombar
Personal	bombar	bombares	bombar	bombarmos	bombardes	bombarem
Gerund
	bombando
Past participle
Masculine	bombado			bombados
Feminine	bombada			bombadas
Indicative
Present	bombo	bombas	bomba	bombamos	bombais	bombam
Imperfect	bombava	bombavas	bombava	bombávamos	bombáveis	bombavam
Preterite	bombei	bombaste	bombou	bombamos1, bombámos2	bombastes	bombaram
Pluperfect	bombara	bombaras	bombara	bombáramos	bombáreis	bombaram
Future	bombarei	bombarás	bombará	bombaremos	bombareis	bombarão
Conditional	bombaria	bombarias	bombaria	bombaríamos	bombaríeis	bombariam
Subjunctive
Present	bombe	bombes	bombe	bombemos	bombeis	bombem
Imperfect	bombasse	bombasses	bombasse	bombássemos	bombásseis	bombassem
Future	bombar	bombares	bombar	bombarmos	bombardes	bombarem
Imperative
Affirmative		bomba	bombe	bombemos	bombai	bombem
Negative (não)		não bombes	não bombe	não bombemos	não bombeis	não bombem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• bombação
• bombadeira
• bombado

Further reading

• “bombar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bombar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “bombar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “bombar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian bumbar.

Noun

bombar m (plural bombari)

1. (dated) European hornet (Vespa crabro)

Declension

Declension of bombar

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bombar	bombarul		bombari	bombarii
genitive-dative	bombar	bombarului		bombari	bombarilor
vocative	bombarule			bombarilor

References

• bombar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Swedish

Verb

bombar

1. present indicative of bomba