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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
SpanishEnglish
bombo nm (tambor muy grande)bass drum n
  kettle drum n
 Toco el bombo pero también sé tocar el tambor.
 I play the bass drum, but I can also play the drum.
bombo nm (caja esférica)rotating drum n
 Empezó el sorteo y el bombo comenzó a girar.
 The raffle began and the rotating drum began to spin.
bombo nm (elogio exagerado)pomp, ceremony n
  (pejorative)pomposity n
 Anunció que se casaba con mucho bombo.
 She announced that she was getting married with a lot of pomp.
bombo n común (músico, ejecutante)bass drummer, drummer n
  percussionist n
 Trabaja de bombo en la orquesta municipal.
 He works as the bass drummer (or: drummer) for the municipal orchestra.
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Additional Translations
SpanishEnglish
bombo nm coloquial (vientre de embarazada)belly n
 Nunca pensé que el embarazo me hiciera este bombo.
 I never thought that pregnancy would give me this belly.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
SpanishEnglish
anunciar a bombo y platillo loc verb coloquial (mostrar suntuosamente)announce [sth] with fanfare v expr
 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.
con bombos y platillos,
con bombo,
a bombo y platillo loc adv		 coloquial (con mucha publicidad)with great fanfare, with much to-do n
  with trumpets and drums, with drums and cymbals expr
 Estuvieron promulgando con bombos y platillos el nuevo tratado de Lisboa.
hacer un bombo loc verb vulgar (embarazar) (colloquial)knock up v expr
  (formal)get [sb] pregnant⇒, make [sb] pregnant⇒ vtr
 Le hizo un bombo a los dos meses de conocerla.
 He knocked her up two months after meeting her.
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