carro-bomba
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “car bomb”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌka.ʁuˈbõ.bɐ/ [ˌka.huˈbõ.bɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌka.ʁuˈbõ.bɐ/ [ˌka.χuˈbõ.bɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌka.ʁoˈbõ.ba/ [ˌka.hoˈbõ.ba]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌka.ʁuˈbõ.bɐ/ [ˌka.ʁuˈβõ.bɐ]
- Hyphenation: car‧ro‧-bom‧ba
Noun
carro-bomba m (plural carros-bomba or carros-bombas)
- car bomb (automobile made into a bomb)
Related terms
Further reading
- “carro-bomba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025