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Becky asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

What is "erupt" in spanish??

I thought it was eruptar, but then looking online to double-check, that's not what I found. and I can't find my spanish thesaurus, which i had last week or so. Help! is it eruptar?

thanks! =)

Update:

oops. meant "to erupt." the infinitive :) but thank you Way Cool Jr! haha :)

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  • Beardo
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    erupt / I"rVpt / vi

    a « volcano / geyser » entrar en erupción, hacer* erupción

    b « water » salir* or manar a chorros; the flames erupted through the roof de repente

    empezaron a salir llamaradas por el tejado; suddenly the fire erupted de pronto hubo una

    erupción de llamas

    c (break out) « violence / fighting » estallar; he erupted with anger at the news estalló en

    cólera al oír la noticia; when she came on, the crowd erupted cuando apareció en escena,

    la multitud estalló en aplausos (or vítores etc)

    d « spot / rash » salir*, aparecer*

     erupt vt ‹ lava / water / flames › arrojar, escupir

    Source(s): Oxford dictionary
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    erupción

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