explodir
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin explōdere, with change of conjugation.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.ploˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [is.ploˈd͡ʒi(h)], /es.ploˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [es.ploˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.ploˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/, /es.ploˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.ploˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [iʃ.ploˈd͡ʒi(χ)], /eʃ.ploˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [eʃ.ploˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.ploˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pluˈdiɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pluˈðiɾ], /ɐjʃ.pluˈdiɾ/ [ɐjʃ.pluˈðiɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pluˈdiɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pluˈðiɾ], /ejʃ.pluˈdiɾ/ [ejʃ.pluˈðiɾ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pluˈdiɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pluˈðiɾ], /ejʃ.pluˈdiɾ/ [ejʃ.pluˈðiɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pluˈdi.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.pluˈði.ɾi], /eʃ.pluˈdi.ɾi/ [eʃ.pluˈði.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: ex‧plo‧dir
Verb
explodir (first-person singular present explodo, first-person singular preterite explodi, past participle explodido) (Brazil)
explodir (first-person singular present expludo, third-person singular present explode, first-person singular preterite explodi, past participle explodido) (Portugal)
- (transitive, intransitive) to cause/suffer an explosion; to (make) burst
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) to manifest (itself) suddenly and noisily
- (intransitive) to lose temper suddenly and violently
- (intransitive) to increase rapidly
Conjugation
- Brazil
Conjugation of explodir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
- Portugal
Conjugation of explodir (u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)