Dictionary · Portuguese

ribombar

verb

Senses

  1. 1.

    to rumble, to thunder

    to make a deep, loud, resonant sound

  2. 2.

    to boom, to resound

    to echo loudly and powerfully

  3. 3.

    to reverberate

    to produce prolonged echoing sounds

Examples

  • "O trovão ribombou no céu durante a tempestade."

    Thunder rumbled in the sky during the storm.

  • "Os tambores ribombavam pela praça durante o desfile."

    The drums boomed across the square during the parade.

  • "A explosão ribombou por todo o vale."

    The explosion reverberated throughout the valley.

Usage

Ribombar is a literary or formal verb typically used to describe powerful, deep sounds like thunder, explosions, drums, or cannons. It's often found in journalistic or poetic contexts. Common collocations include "trovão ribomba" (thunder rumbles) and "canhão ribomba" (cannon booms).

Conjugation

Full table

Presente

indicative
euribombo
ele/ela/vocêribomba
nósribombamos
eles/elas/vocêsribombam

Pretérito Perfeito

indicative
euribombei
ele/ela/vocêribombou
nósribombamos
eles/elas/vocêsribombaram

Pretérito Imperfeito

indicative
euribombava
ele/ela/vocêribombava
nósribombávamos
eles/elas/vocêsribombavam

Pretérito Mais-que-perfeito

indicative
euribombara
ele/ela/vocêribombara
nósribombáramos
eles/elas/vocêsribombaram