Pincharse el neumático

Question

Hi. I want to say "I was on the bus to school when the tyre burst".

Would the verb pincharse work for "burst" in this sentence?

Gracias

Answer 1

ok, the correct form in spanish may be: explotar, pincharse or estallar, any three words work in this case

Bienvenido a SpanishDict. - rac1, Mar 1, 2015

Bienvenido de mi parte, también. Correctiones de inglés: Ok (mayúscula al principio de una oración) y Spanish (los nombres de idiomas se escriben la inicial en mayúsculas). - Jubilado, Mar 1, 2015

Answer 2

My view as an intermediate level learner is that "pincharse" would work. That would imply to me a bit more blew out due to a puncture, and can simply be developed a flat without the blowout sense. If you want blew out from too much pressure, perhaps "reventarse".

I would recommend awaiting other input as well, as I am not a native speaker.

http://www.linguee.com/spanish-english/translation/reventó+un+neumático.html

Con las modernas llantas sin cámara, es raro actualmente que se reviente un neumático pero puede suceder.

With modern tubeless tires, actual blowouts are rare, but they can occur

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/reventar

reventarse

pronominal verb

1. to burst (rueda, tuberías)

Pincharse sounds ok to me too. - annierats, Mar 1, 2015

Answer 3

Suggestion:

Estaba en el autobús escolar cuando , de repente , la rueda se pinchó.

I'm not a native either.

Isn't hincharse to blowup like inflate, swell, not to blow up like blow out, explode, burst? :) - bosquederoble, Mar 1, 2015

You're right mental blow-out! - annierats, Mar 2, 2015