estallar

to explode, to blow up, to burst

2,001–3,000 #2,590

Meanings

verb

  1. intransitive to explode, to blow up, to burst
  2. intransitive to crack (a whip)
  3. figuratively, intransitive to break out, to erupt (said of a revolution, a war, a fire, or similar)
  4. intransitive to break loose
  5. intransitive to blow up, to blow one's top, to explode
  6. transitive to pop (e.g., a bubble, a balloon, a button, a question)
  7. transitive to blow up, to set off, to make explode (hacer + estallar)

Conjugation

Gerund estallando · past participle estallado

Indicative

presentimperfectpreteritefutureconditional
yoestalloestallabaestalléestallaréestallaría
túestallasestallabasestallasteestallarásestallarías
vosestallásestallabasestallasteestallarásestallarías
él, ella, ustedestallaestallabaestallóestallaráestallaría
nosotrosestallamosestallábamosestallamosestallaremosestallaríamos
vosotrosestalláisestallabaisestallasteisestallaréisestallaríais
ellos, ellas, ustedesestallanestallabanestallaronestallaránestallarían

Subjunctive

presentimperfect (-ra)imperfect (-se)future
yoestalleestallaraestallaseestallare
túestallesestallarasestallasesestallares
vosestallésestallarasestallasesestallares
él, ella, ustedestalleestallaraestallaseestallare
nosotrosestallemosestalláramosestallásemosestalláremos
vosotrosestalléisestallaraisestallaseisestallareis
ellos, ellas, ustedesestallenestallaranestallasenestallaren

Imperative

affirmativenegative
túestallano estalles
vosestallá
ustedestalleno estalle
nosotrosestallemosno estallemos
vosotrosestalladno estalléis
ustedesestallenno estallen

In sentences

La guerra estalló. War broke out. #3009839

Ella estalló en lamentos. She broke into cries of woe. #2400991

La nave estalló en llamas. The ship went up in flames. #995159

La guerra estalló en 1939. The war broke out in 1939. #1199184

La guerra estalló en 1941. War broke out in 1941. #1288879

¡Está a punto de estallar! It's about to explode! #1823272

Oímos a la bomba estallar. We heard the bomb go off. #1898539

El barco estalló en llamas. The ship went up in flames. #1754142