A prueba de bomba – bomb-proof
Bomba – a bomb (explosive)
Bomba – a pump
Bomba – a soap bubble
Bomba – a mixture or whisky and rum
Bomba – a gas station in Costa Rica. Gasolinera or estación de servicio are the correct words.
Bomba incendiaria – fire bomb or incendiary device
Bomba de incendios – fire engine. Carro de bombero is also used.
Bomba de profundidad – depth charge
Bomba de tiempo – time bomb
!Bombas fuera¡ Bombs away!
Bombardear – to bomb
Bombardeo – bombardment of something. It can be questions or objects.
Bombardero – a bomber (plane)
Bombazo – a car crash or important news like a bombshell
Bombearse – one of the many ways of saying to get drunk in Costa Rica
Tiquismo
¡Bomba! – In Costa Rica four lines of verse with the second line rhyming with the forth line. Here is an example that doesn’t make much sense in English but is very funny in Spanish:
¡Booomba!
“Quisiera ser perla fina
de tus pulidos aretes
para darme una vuelta
Y morderte los cachetes… ¡uyuyuy bajura!”
“I would like to be the fine pearl
of your polished earrings
so I could take a short stroll
and bite your cheeks”
Caerle como bomba – to not like someone or something. José me cae como bomba. I don’t like Joe.