bombardear
Portuguese, verb/bõ.baʁ.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
bombardear is spelled B-O-M-B-A-R-D-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bombardear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to bombard, bomb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atacar com tiros de bombarda (ARM) ou com projéteis de artilharia”.
What does bombardear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bombard, bomb
- 2
to shell
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. atacar com tiros de bombarda (ARM) ou com projéteis de artilharia 2. arremessar quaisquer projéteis em 3. desfechar (golpe, soco etc.) em 4. fazer crítica acerba a
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 bombardear
- bombardeio first-person present singular
- bombardeei first-person preterite singular
- bombardeado participle past
- bombardeares infinitive second-person singular
- bombardearmos first-person infinitive plural
- bombardeardes infinitive plural second-person
- bombardearem infinitive plural third-person
- bombardeando gerund
- bombardeados masculine participle past
- bombardeada feminine participle past
- bombardeadas feminine participle past
- bombardeias indicative present second-person
- bombardeia indicative present singular
- bombardeamos first-person indicative plural
- bombardeais indicative plural present
- bombardeiam indicative plural present
- bombardeava first-person imperfect indicative
- bombardeavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bombardear?
- Brazil /bõ.baʁ.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bõ.baɦ.d͡ʒiˈa(h)]
- Brazil /bõ.baʁˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bombardear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bombardear in Portuguese?
bombardear appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).