estallar

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to explode, to blow up, to burst
2. (intransitive) to crack (a whip)
3. (figuratively,intransitive) to break out, erupt (said of a revolution, a war, a fire, etc.)
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)

Concepts

explode

burst

crack

snap

erupt

go off

blow up

break

break out

irrupt

pop

split

crash

detonate

thunder

hatch

asunder

open

ring out

sound

break loose

burst forth

break open

burst out

flare

flare up

collapse

Hyphenated as

es‧ta‧llar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/estaˈʝaɾ/

Etymology

From metathesis of older *astellar, from astilla (“splinter”).

Sentences

Al estallar la guerra civil , es apresado y asesinado un día de agosto .

At the outbreak of civil war, he was arrested and killed one day in August.