boom
Portuguese, noun/ˈbũ/
boom is spelled B-O-O-M (4 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,307th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boom is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a boom (sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver bum”.
What does boom mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea boom (sound)
- 2
masculinea boom (rapid expansion or increase)
- 3
masculineboom (period of prosperity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver bum
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 boom
- booms plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boom?
- Brazil /ˈbũ/
- Portugal /ˈbũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boom in Portuguese?
boom appears 8.5 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).