"reventar" can be a verb. You can see the conjugations below.
reventar. 'reventar'. This verb means 'to burst, puncture'. For example, 'estuvo a punto de reventarse de presiones interiores' / 'He was at the point of bursting from internal pressures'. Reventar.
reventar
transitive verb
1. to burst (explotar)
2. to break down (echar abajo); to blow up (con explosivos)
3. to ruin, to spoil (hacer fracasar); to disrupt (boicotear)
- reventar los precios (commerce) -> to make massive price cuts
4. to shatter (informal) (cansar mucho)
5. to annoy (informal) (fastidiar)
- me revienta que… -> it really bugs me that…
intransitive verb
6. to burst (explotar)
- si no se lo digo, reviento (figurative) -> I'd have exploded if I hadn't said anything to him
- por mí, como si revienta (informal figurative) -> he can drop dead as far as I'm concerned
7. (estar lleno)
- reventar de -> to be bursting with
- la sala estaba (llena) a reventar -> the room was bursting at the seams
8. (desear mucho)
- reventar por hacer algo -> to be bursting to do something
9. to explode (informal) (perder los nervios)
reventarse
pronomial verb1. to burst (rueda, tuberías)
2. to get whacked, to tire oneself to death (informal) (cansarse)
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reventar [ray-ven-tar’]
verb neuter
1. To burst, to break in pieces, to crack; of waves, to break into foam. (n)
2. To toil, to drudge. (n)
3. To burst forth, to break loose; applied to a violent passion. (n)
4. To sprout, to shoot; to grow. (n)
5. To long for, to crave. (n)
- Casi reventaba de ira -> he almost exploded with anger
verb transitive
6. To molest, to harass, to violate.
7. To burst (globo), to brake (barrera).
8. To flog (caballo), to work to death (persona).
9. To sink, to ruin (proyecto).
10. To do down (perjudicar).
- Reventar de risa -> to burst into laughter
- Tengo una cubierta reventada -> I have a puncture
(Yo reviento, yo reviente, from Reventar. V. ACRECENTAR.
reventar
verbo:transitivo
1 (por presión) [+globo, neumático, tubería, ampolla] to burst; [+espinilla] to squeeze
tengo una cubierta reventada I've got a puncture; I have a flat tyre
el ruido de las discotecas me revienta los oídos I find the racket inside clubs deafening; the noise in clubs is enough to burst your eardrums
"reventamos los precios" "prices slashed"; tanto alcohol le va a reventar el hígado all this drink is going to do his liver in (familiar)
2 (por una explosión) [+puente, vehículo] to blow up; [+cristales] to shatter; blow out
la granada le reventó la mano the grenade blew off his hand
los ladrones reventaron la caja fuerte the robbers blew (open) the safe; reventaron la puerta de un disparo they shot open the door
3 (estropear) to ruin
reventarás la moto conduciendo así you'll ruin the motorbike riding it like that
5 (golpear)
lo reventaron a palos they beat the living daylights out of him (familiar); te voy a reventar a patadas I'm going to kick your face in (familiar); si me desobedece lo reviento if he doesn't obey me, I'll kill him (familiar)
6 (hacer fracasar) [+plan, espectáculo] to wreck; [+asamblea, mitin, ceremonia] to disrupt; [+huelga] to smash; quash; [+manifestación] to break up
le encanta reventar nuestros planes he loves wrecking our plans
un grupo de sindicalistas intentó reventar la intervención del conferenciante a group of trade union members heckled the delegate's speech o tried to shout down the delegate during his speech
verbo:intransitivo
1 (explotar) [+globo, tubería, depósito] to burst; [+neumático] to burst; blow out; [+granada, proyectil] to blow up; [+cristal] to break; shatter
la presa reventó e inundó el valle the dam burst, flooding the valley
parecía que las venas del cuello le iban a reventar it looked as if the veins in his neck were about to burst; le va a reventar el pantalón his trousers are going to split; hacer reventar [+neumático] to burst; [+costuras] to split
a todo reventar (Chile) at the most
es bastante joven, a todo reventar tiene 30 años he's pretty young, 30 years old at the most; no llegué tan tarde anoche, a todo reventar debían ser las once I didn't get back so late last night, it must have been eleven at the latest
2 [+persona] (por estar lleno)
no puedo comer más, voy a reventar I can't eat any more, I'm full to bursting
necesito entrar al baño, voy a reventar I need to go to the toilet, I'm bursting (familiar)
(por enfado) to explode cuando dijeron que no querían trabajar, reventé when they told me they didn't want to work, I just exploded
como esto dure un día más, creo que reviento if this carries on one more day, I think I'll explode; sus relaciones son tan tensas que van a reventar en cualquier momento relations between them are so tense that things are going to blow up at any moment
3 [+lugar]
el teatro estaba a reventar the theatre was packed full; the theatre was full to bursting
más de 20.000 personas llenaron la plaza de toros a reventar more than 20,000 people packed the bullring; the bullring was full to bursting with more than 20,000 people
4
reventar de: reventaba de ganas de decirlo todo I was dying o bursting to tell him all about it; reventar de cansancio to be worn out; be shattered; reventar de indignación to be bursting with indignation; reventar de ira to be livid; be absolutely furious
reventar de risa to kill o.s. laughing; split one's sides (laughing)
5
reventar por to be dying to; be bursting to; reventaba por ver lo que pasaba he was dying o bursting to see what was going on; revienta por saber lo que dicen she's dying o bursting to know what they're saying
verbo:pronominal
reventarse1 (romperse) (por presión) [+tubería] to burst [+pantalón, vestido] to split (por explosión) [+depósito, tanque] to explode; blow up
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Verb Conjugations for "reventar" (go to to burst, to explode)
- Gerund: reventando
- Participle: reventado
Indicative
Present |
Preterit |
Imperfect |
Conditional |
Future |
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| yo | reviento | reventé | reventaba | reventaría | reventaré |
| tú | revientas | reventaste | reventabas | reventarías | reventarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | revienta | reventó | reventaba | reventaría | reventará |
| nosotros | reventamos | reventamos | reventábamos | reventaríamos | reventaremos |
| vosotros | reventáis | reventasteis | reventabais | reventaríais | reventaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | revientan | reventaron | reventaban | reventarían | reventarán |
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