bombo

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bombo
masculine noun
1bass drum (Mús)
  • tengo la cabeza como un bombo (informal) -> my head is throbbing
  • estar con bombo (informal) -> to be up the spout o up the duff (British)
2hype (informal) (elogio)
  • a bombo y platillo -> with a lot of hype
  • le están dando mucho bombo a la nueva película -> the new film is getting a lot of hype
3drum (Tec)

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bombo [bom’-bo]
noun
1Large drum. (m)
  • Hacer algo a bombo y platillos -> to make a great song and dance about something
  • Tengo la cabeza hecha un platillo -> I’ve got a splitting headache
2Player on bass drum. (m)
3Barge or lighter. (Nautical) (m)
4Ballyhoo, excessive praise. (m)
  • Darse el bombo mutuo -> to indulge in mutual backslapping
5Bowler hat (sombrero). (Caribbean) (m)
6(Cono Sur) irse al bombo, to come to grief, to blow it. (m)
  • mandar a uno al bombo -> to knock somebody off
7Estar con bombo, to be in the family way.
adjective
8Astonished.
9Tepid. (America)
10Bad, off (carne). (Mexico)
(Cono Sur)

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bombo
adjetivo
1 (aturdido) dumbfounded; stunned
2 (Latinoamérica) (tibio) lukewarm
3 (Cuba) (comida) tasteless; insipid; [+persona] stupid; thick; (familiar)
4 (México) [+carne] bad; off
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Música) bass drum
tengo la cabeza como un bombo my head's throbbing buzzing;o
estar con bombo (familiar) to be in the family way; (familiar)
hacer un bombo a una chica (familiar) to put a girl in the family way; (familiar)
anunciar algo a bombo y platillo to announce sth amid a lot of hype; go in for a lot of publicity about sth
poner a algn bombo (México) (familiar) (insultar) to hurl insults at sb; (golpear) to hit sb
hacer algo a bombo y platillo
2 (en sorteos) drum
3 (familiar) (elogio exagerado) exaggerated praise; (Teat) (Cine) hype; (familiar)
dar bombo a algn to praise sb to the skies; darse bombo to blow one's own trumpet; (familiar)
4 (S. Cone)
mandar a algn al bombo (muy_familiar) to knock sb off; (muy_familiar)
irse al bombo to come to grief; fail
5 (Náutica) barge; lighter
6 (Caribe) (sombrero) bowler hat; derby; (EEUU)

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