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petar

/peˈtaɾ/ verb C2
  1. to explode, blow up, let off, set off (colloquial) · La bomba petó. The bomb exploded.
  2. to fill up; cram; be packed · Anoche la discoteca estaba petada. Last night the disco was packed.
  3. to crash (a malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable) (reflexive) · Se ha petado Windows, tengo que reiniciar el ordenador. Windows has crashed, I have to restart the computer.
  4. to rule, to kill it, to rock (colloquial, transitive) · ¡Quiero petarlo con esta fiesta! I want to kill it with this party!
  5. to please, gratify, content (colloquial, intransitive) · Me peta ese restaurante. I really like that restaurant.
  6. to spam, to flood (with messages, questions, calls, etc.) (colloquial) · ¡No me petes a mensajes! Don't flood me with messages!
  7. to hit the floor, to knock on the door (intransitive)
  8. to succeed (colloquial)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
petar
Gerund
petando
Past participle
petado
Present (yo)
peto
Preterite (yo)
peté

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¡dile que me la dé, mamá: si es de peto verde, de peto de terciopelo!
La Edad de Oro: publicación mensual de recreo e instrucción dedicada a los niños de América, p. 96 · C1

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.