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estallar

/estaˈʝaɾ/ verb B2
  1. to explode, to blow up, to burst (intransitive) · estallar en llamas to burst into flames· estallar en carcajadas to burst into laughter
  2. to crack (a whip) (intransitive)
  3. to break out, to erupt (said of a revolution, a war, a fire, or similar) (figuratively, intransitive)
  4. to break loose (intransitive)
  5. to blow up, to blow one's top, to explode (intransitive)
  6. to pop (e.g., a bubble, a balloon, a button, a question) (transitive)
  7. to blow up, to set off, to make explode (hacer + estallar) (transitive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
estallar
Gerund
estallando
Past participle
estallado
Present (yo)
estallo
Preterite (yo)
estallé

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Dos besos que á un tiempo estallan,
Rimas, p. 8 · C1
Mas en vez de salir el tiro por la boca, estalló el cañón en mil fragmentos; y, a pesar de las precauciones tomadas, ambos hermanos fuimos heridos levemente.
Recuerdos de mi vida: Mi infancia y juventud, p. 62 · C1
En tan supremo trance el alma entera se había pasado a los músculos, y el corazón, otro músculo también, trabajaba a toda presión, prefiriendo estallar a rendirse...
Recuerdos de mi vida: Mi infancia y juventud, p. 77 · C1
Algunos conjurados habían esparcido en los corredores esas pequeñas bombas Orsini que estallan al ser pisadas.
Juvenilia, p. 33 · C1

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