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boom

boom

noun BOOM Rare

Origin: English loanword.

Also means

surge

Usage Note

Boom is an English borrowing used in Spanish economics and journalism to describe a sudden surge in activity or demand — el boom inmobiliario (the property boom), el boom del turismo (the tourism surge). It is masculine and invariable. The plural los booms is used, though some writers prefer auge (surge) or explosión in formal prose.

Examples

"La región vivió un boom turístico en los años noventa."

Natural Translation

The region experienced a tourism boom in the nineties.

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