bombarda
Portuguese, noun/bõˈbaʁ.dɐ/
bombarda is spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bombarda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bombard (primitive medieval cannon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “(Diacronismo: antigo): na Idade Média, máquina de guerra que arremessava, por meio de cordas e molas, grandes…”.
What does bombarda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebombard (primitive medieval cannon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Diacronismo: antigo): na Idade Média, máquina de guerra que arremessava, por meio de cordas e molas, grandes pedras 2. (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) peça de artilharia similar ao morteiro, que arremessava grandes pelouros de pedra 3. boca-de-fogo primitiva (podia ser grossa, quando de grande calibre, usado para atacar fortificações, ou miúda, quando de pequeno calibre) 4. (Derivação: por metonímia) embarcação de fundo chato, usado para o transporte de artilharia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bombarda
- bombardas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bombarda?
- Brazil /bõˈbaʁ.dɐ/
- Brazil [bõˈbaɦ.dɐ]
- /bõˈbaɾ.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bombarda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bombarda in Portuguese?
bombarda appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).