The word bomba can translate to English as any of the following, depending on the region:
- bomb
- pump
- spray
- major piece of news
- bubble
- fire truck
- fire station
- gas station
- light bulb in some areas
- plus a few more...
That always confused me, as most of those are very different concepts to me as a native English speaker. How did a single Spanish word come to mean all those things? What is the word's etymology?