rimbombante

Italian

Participle

rimbombante (plural rimbombanti)

1. present participle of rimbombare

Adjective

rimbombante (plural rimbombanti)

1. roaring, rumbling, thundering

Spanish

Etymology

From rimbombar +‎ -ante (archaic present participle).

Adjective

rimbombante m or f (masculine and feminine plural rimbombantes)

1. bombastic, overblown, grandiose, high-sounding, high-flown
2. meretricious, flamboyant, highfalutin, flashy, showy, ostentatious
   • 2005, [1]:

     Hay muchas micronaciones y tienen propósitos muy diferentes. Algunas son ejercicios de teoría política o económica, con los que se busca explorar la noción de estado nacional y evaluar sus alternativas; otras, pasatiempos personales, y allí el autor se deleita en crear la simbología de esta patria artificial y en repartir títulos nobiliarios rimbombantes entre sus amigos o familiares; otras son formas de experimentación artística.

     There are many micronations and they have very different purposes. Some are exercises in political or economic theory, with which to explore the notion of national statehood and evaluate its alternatives; others, personal pastimes, and there the [creator] delights in creating the symbology of that artificial country and in granting bombastic titles of nobility to his friends and acquaintances; others are forms of artistic experimentation.

3. resounding, loud, thundering, echoing

Related terms

• bomba
• bombo
• rimbombar (archaic)

 

Further reading

• “rimbombante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014