rimbombante
Spanish, adjective/rimbomˈbante/
rimbombante is spelled R-I-M-B-O-M-B-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rimbombante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “bombastic, overblown, grandiose, high-sounding, high-flown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especialmente dicho del lenguaje o la expresión, exageradamente llamativo u ostentoso”.
What does rimbombante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebombastic, overblown, grandiose, high-sounding, high-flown
- 2
femininemasculinemeretricious, flamboyant, highfalutin, flashy, showy, ostentatious
- 3
femininemasculineresounding, loud, thundering, echoing
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Especialmente dicho del lenguaje o la expresión, exageradamente llamativo u ostentoso.
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 rimbombante
- rimbombantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rimbombante?
- /rimbomˈbante/
- [rĩm.bõmˈbãn̪.t̪e]
- [rĩmbõmˈbãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rimbombante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rimbombante in Spanish?
rimbombante appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).