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abombado

Spanish, adjective/abomˈbado/

abombado is spelled A-B-O-M-B-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 128,005th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abombado is a Spanish adjective meaning “silly; dumb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abombar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aturdido, atontado, falto de entendimiento o que no razona bien”.

What does abombado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Latin-Americasilly; dumb

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of abombar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Aturdido, atontado, falto de entendimiento o que no razona bien. 2. Curvado o con forma semiesférica. 3. Tonto. 4. Podrido, deteriorado. Aplica sobre todo a la carne.

verb: 1. Participio de abombar.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of abombado

  • abombada feminine
  • abombados masculine plural
  • abombadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abombado?

  • /abomˈbado/
  • [a.β̞õmˈba.ð̞o]
  • [aβ̞õmˈbað̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is abombado in Spanish?

abombado appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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