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estallar in English:

1. erupt erupt


About fifty volcanoes erupt each year.
Since the volcano last erupted, many houses have been built in a dangerous position on its slopes.
The area had to be quickly evacuated when the volcano erupted.
If a volcano erupts, it suddenly throws out smoke, fire, and melted rocks.

English word "estallar"(erupt) occurs in sets:

Fichas del libro - "Volcanoes" (Robert I. Tilling)

2. to go off to go off


have to go off their house immediately.
Ladies and gentlemen, you have half an hour now for a refreshment break or to go off on your own for a wander through the park if you wish.

3. burst


gullets had burst.
Her heart burst with gladness to see her husband return home from his overseas tour of Iran.
If only I'd sold that property before the economic bubble burst I wouldn't have lost all that money.
Harold's arm bicycle workout was sufficiently vigorous that his pectorals burst into flame.
What was that noise? Did a tyre burst?
There must have been at least ten courses. I thought I was going to burst.
Generally, short bursts of long hours do lead to increases in productivity, but over time those gains disappear,
Three days before Vern burst into the clubhouse, Ray Brower had gone out with one of his mothers buckets to pick wild fruit.
I want to see her burst of red hair and big green eyes.
When he openly declared he would marry Pablo, he almost gave his grandmother a heart attack and made his aunt's eyes burst out of their sockets; however, his little sister beamed with pride.
What Alice, waiting for a reply, was faced with was a sudden howl. It was a resounding noise, sharp as to burst her ear drums, loud as to reach unto the heavens.
The tree roots have burst through the cement at several points along the sidewalk.
It is wonderful to think of Spring, when the new buds of the persimmon burst forth.
The frog inflated himself more and more, until finally he burst.
If you keep eating like this your body will burst open.

4. to blow up


shall I help you to blow up the baloons

English word "estallar"(to blow up) occurs in sets:

- Phrasal verbs 4