estallido

estallido
masculine noun
1. explosion (explosión) (de bomba); crash (de trueno); crack (de látigo)
  • hubo un estallido de aplausos -> there was a burst of applause
2. outbreak (comienzo) (de guerra)
  • el estallido del escándalo provocó su dimisión -> he resigned when the scandal broke

estallido [es-tal-lyee’-do, es-tahl’-lyo]
noun
1. Crack, crackling, creaking, crashing, the sound of something bursting or falling. (m)
2. The report of firearms. (m)
  • Dar un estallido -> to publish, to expose; to make a noise or confusion
(coll.) To fail dishonestly.

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