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{{Spell infobox
|name=Bombarda
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|name=''Bombarda''
|image=[[File:Bombarda! (HP3 screenshot).gif|250px]]
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|image=[[File:20110806-js-hppoa-bombarda.gif|250px]]
|incantation=''Bombarda'' (bom-BAR-dah)
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|incantation=''Bombarda''
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|pronunciation=(bom-BAR-da)
 
|type=[[Charm]]
 
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|hand=Point [[wand]] at target
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|light=None
|effect=Provokes small explosions
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'''''Bombarda''''' is a [[spell]] that provokes small explosions. One of this spell's uses are to blast open sealed doors. [[Bombarda Maxima]] is a stronger version of this spell.
 
   
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{{Quote|Ka-boom! The cell door rockets to the sky.|Description|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)}}
==Behind the scenes==
 
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*This spell was first seen in the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', when [[Hermione Granger]] performed it in order to free [[Sirius Black]] from his cell on the [[Dark Tower]]. However, the usage of the spell in this situation is not considered [[canon]], as the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|book]] states that Hermione used the [[Alohomora|Unlocking Charm]] to free Sirius.
 
 
'''''Bombarda''''' is the [[incantation]] of a [[charm]] used to provoke small explosions; one use for this explosion is to blast open sealed doors or to blow bars off of windows. The [[incantation]] ''[[Bombarda Maxima]]'' is a stronger, more powerful [[Modifier|variation]] of this [[spell]].
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] could have used this [[charm]] to blast open the door where [[Lily Evans]] was hiding with [[Harry Potter|Harry]], although there is a flash of white light, which means it is probably an entirely different spell.
 
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==Etymology==
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The [[incantation]] is Portuguese or Spanish for "''bombard''" or "''blast''"<ref name="etymology">[http://translate.google.ca/#pt/en/bombarda "Bombarda" on Google Translate] (Portuguese)</ref>; in [[Latin]], the spell means "''cannon''" or "''bomb''"<ref name="GT2">[http://translate.google.ca/#la/en/bombarda "Bombarda" on Google Translate] (Latin)</ref>
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
*''[[Expulso]]''
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*[[Blasting Curse]]
*''[[Blasting Charm]]''(possibly ''Bombarda'')
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*''[[Bombarda Maxima]]''
*[[Blasting Curse]] (''Confringo'')
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*[[Expulso Curse]]
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*[[Bombarda Maxima]]
 
 
==Behind the scenes==
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*This [[spell]] was first seen in the [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|third film]]; in the book, however, Hermione uses a [[Unlocking Charm|safer unlocking spell]]. In the [[France|French]] translation of the film, the incantation remains "''Alohomora''".
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*If [[Hermione Granger]]'s usage had been [[canon]], the [[spell]] would thus have been taught in [[third year]] or earlier for her to know it (unless, of course, she'd come across it in a book somewhere).
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{Possible}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]'' {{Possible}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' {{Non-canon}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' {{Possible}} {{Flashback}}
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*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' {{Possible}}
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
 
{{reflist}}
 
 
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[[Category:Spells of known incantation]]

Revision as of 18:23, 14 March 2014

"Ka-boom! The cell door rockets to the sky."
— Description[src]

Bombarda is the incantation of a charm used to provoke small explosions; one use for this explosion is to blast open sealed doors or to blow bars off of windows. The incantation Bombarda Maxima is a stronger, more powerful variation of this spell.

Etymology

The incantation is Portuguese or Spanish for "bombard" or "blast"[1]; in Latin, the spell means "cannon" or "bomb"[2]

See also

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references