el
masculine
/bomˈbeɾo/
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Translation
firefighter
Word origin
From bomba ('pump'), the water pump firefighters once worked by hand, plus the agent suffix -ero. Bomba comes from Latin bombus ('a booming sound'), from Greek bombos.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- bomba
- English cognates
- bomb, bombard
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralbomberos
Examples
pocos .
The firefighter put out the fire in a few minutes.
.
As a child I wanted to be a firefighter.
¡ , !
Call the fire brigade, there is smoke in the kitchen!
bombera .
My sister is a firefighter in the city.
.
The firefighters rescued the cat from the tree.
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