No. 9,907 in Spanish
bombardear
To bomb or overwhelm.
In a sentence
El ejército comenzó a bombardear la ciudad.
The army began to bombard the city.
In this context, "bombardear" is used in its literal sense, meaning to attack a location with bombs or heavy artillery.
Los medios no paran de bombardear al público con noticias alarmantes.
The media doesn't stop bombarding the public with alarming news.
Here, "bombardear" is used metaphorically to describe the overwhelming delivery of information.
Decidieron bombardear las redes sociales con publicaciones.
They decided to bombard social media with posts.
In this example, "bombardear" is applied figuratively, referring to the act of inundating a platform with a large volume of content.
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