What does bombo in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word bombo in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use bombo in Spanish.

The word bombo in Spanish means bass drum, rotating drum, pomp, ceremony, belly, bass drummer, drummer, announce with fanfare, with great fanfare, with much to-do, knock up. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word bombo

bass drum

nombre masculino (tambor muy grande)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Toco el bombo pero también sé tocar el tambor.
I play the bass drum, but I can also play the drum.

rotating drum

nombre masculino (caja esférica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Empezó el sorteo y el bombo comenzó a girar.
The raffle began and the rotating drum began to spin.

pomp, ceremony

nombre masculino (elogio exagerado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Anunció que se casaba con mucho bombo.
She announced that she was getting married with a lot of pomp.

belly

nombre masculino (coloq. (vientre de embarazada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nunca pensé que el embarazo me hiciera este bombo.
I never thought that pregnancy would give me this belly.

bass drummer, drummer

nombre común en cuanto al género (músico, ejecutante)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Trabaja de bombo en la orquesta municipal.
He works as the bass drummer (or: drummer) for the municipal orchestra.

announce with fanfare

locución verbal (coloquial (mostrar suntuosamente)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Juan era tan engreído que anunció a bombo y platillo por toda la oficina que lo ascenderían.
Juan was so smug that he announced his promotion with fanfare to the whole office.

with great fanfare, with much to-do

locución adverbial (coloquial (con mucha publicidad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Estuvieron promulgando con bombos y platillos el nuevo tratado de Lisboa.

knock up

locución verbal (vulgar (embarazar) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le hizo un bombo a los dos meses de conocerla.
He knocked her up two months after meeting her.

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