esclatar
Catalan
Etymology
From the onomatopoeic root klatt-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kləˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.klaˈtaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Homophone: esclatà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
esclatar (first-person singular present esclato, first-person singular preterite esclatí, past participle esclatat)
- to burst, explode making a loud noise and discharging fragments
- (weather, of a tempest) to start
- to bloom (of a flower)
- (figurative) to explode (lose one's temper)
Conjugation
Conjugation of esclatar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “esclatar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “esclatar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “esclatar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “esclatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.