estallar
Meanings
Verb
1. to explode, to blow up, to burst (intransitive)
2. to crack (a whip) (intransitive)
3. to break out, to erupt (said of a revolution, a war, a fire, or similar) (intransitive, figurative, figuratively)
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)
Examples52
estallar en llamas
to burst into flames
estallar en carcajadas
to burst into laughter
Vamos a la playa, la bomba estalló / Las radiaciónes tuestan y matizan de azul
Let's go to the beach, the bomb exploded / The radiation tans and tints everything with blue
Estalló una guerra entre los dos países.
A war broke out between the two countries.
Una guerra estalló entre los dos países.
A war exploded between the two countries.
La guerra estalló en 1939.
The war broke out in 1939.