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bombă

bomb /ˈbom.bə/

noun#864 most common

Also: bombshell (shocking news), knockout (attractive person, slang)

Example sentences

Bomba a explodat.
The bomb exploded.
Poliția a găsit o bombă veche în pădure.
The police found an old bomb in the forest.
Soldații au dezamorsat bomba chiar la timp.
The soldiers defused the bomb just in time.
Vestea demisiei sale a fost o adevărată bombă în presă.
The news of his resignation was a real bombshell in the press.
Deși autoritățile anticipau o posibilă bombă cu ceas, nimeni nu se aștepta ca aceasta să fie plasată chiar în centrul orașului.
Although the authorities anticipated a possible time bomb, no one expected it to be placed right in the city center.
Editorialistul a strecurat cu subtilitate o bombă informațională în mijlocul articolului, lăsând cititorii să deducă singuri implicațiile politice.
The columnist subtly slipped an informational bombshell into the middle of the article, leaving readers to work out the political implications on their own.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebombăbombe
Genitivebombeibombelor
Accusativebombăbombe
Vocativebombobombelor

Word family

bombăbomb
a bombardato bomb, to bombard
bombardamentbombing, bombardment
bombardierbomber (aircraft) or bombardier

Etymology

Bombă entered Romanian from French bombe, which came from Italian bomba. The Italian word traces to Latin bombus, a deep hollow sound, borrowed from Greek bombos, meaning a booming or buzzing noise. The word was originally about the sound an explosive device makes, and later came to name the device itself.

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