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Meaning of bombilla | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/bɒmˈbiː(j)ə/

Definitions

A straw, often made of metal, ending in a filter and used for drinking maté.

Examples

“The maté is then filled with yerva, after the bombilla has been placed in position. The bombilla is literally “a little pump,” that is, a sucking tube, ending in a perforated bulb, which performs the office of the perforated diaphragm in our teapot spouts.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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