See Also: bombshell(dictionary)

pousada (iou) and bombshell (oh)


pousada (iou)



pousada noun. M20.
[Portuguese, lit. 'resting-place', from pausar to rest.]
An inn or hotel in Portugal, esp. one of a chain of hotels administered by the State.

bombshell (oh)



an unexpected and very shocking piece of news
::Then came the bombshell: the factory was to close down.
::Finally she dropped the bombshell . She was pregnant, she said.
blonde bombshell
humorous a sexually attractive woman with light-coloured hair