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SPANISH VERB

estallar

to burst; to explode

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: estallando
  • Past participle: estallado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I burst
  2. tú you burst
  3. usted, él, ella he/she bursts
  4. nosotros we burst
  5. vosotros Spain you all burst
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they burst

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I bursted
  2. tú you bursted
  3. usted, él, ella he/she bursted
  4. nosotros we bursted
  5. vosotros Spain you all bursted
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they bursted

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to burst
  2. tú you used to burst
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to burst
  4. nosotros we used to burst
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to burst
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to burst

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will burst
  2. tú you will burst
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will burst
  4. nosotros we will burst
  5. vosotros Spain you all will burst
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will burst

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would burst
  2. tú you would burst
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would burst
  4. nosotros we would burst
  5. vosotros Spain you all would burst
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would burst

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I burst
  2. tú (that) you burst
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she burst
  4. nosotros (that) we burst
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all burst
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they burst

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I bursted
  2. tú (if) you bursted
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she bursted
  4. nosotros (if) we bursted
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all bursted
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they bursted

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú burst!
  2. usted burst! (formal)
  3. nosotros burst! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain burst! (all of you)
  5. ustedes burst! (all of you)

How to use estallar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Cada Feria estallan cohetes toda la noche.

    Every Feria rockets go off all night long.

  2. Past

    El globo estalló y el niño se echó a llorar.

    The balloon burst and the boy started crying.

  3. Imperfect

    Las palomitas estallaban en la sartén sin tapa.

    The popcorn was popping in the pan without a lid.

  4. Future

    Si sigues inflando, la rueda estallará.

    If you keep pumping, the tyre will burst.

  5. Conditional

    Con tanta presión, cualquiera estallaría de nervios.

    With so much pressure, anyone would explode from nerves.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Baja el fuego antes de que estalle la olla.

    Turn down the heat before the pot blows.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Temíamos que estallara una tormenta durante la boda.

    We feared a storm would break during the wedding.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Estalla de una vez, globo, que me pones nerviosa!

    Burst already, balloon, you're making me nervous!

Where you hear estallar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • El globo estalla. The balloon bursts.
  • El globo estalló cuando lo tocó el niño. The balloon burst when the child touched it.
  • Ese globo va a estallar. That balloon is going to burst.
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Your Last Night of Freedom

Advanced Level 3 · me va a estallar

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.