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scoppiare

burst

verb skohp-PYAH-reh Less Common

Also means

explode

Usage Note

Scoppiare means to burst or explode, taking essere as its auxiliary: è scoppiato. It runs through vivid idioms like scoppiare a ridere ('to burst out laughing') and scoppiare di salute ('to be bursting with health'). Of weather, scoppia un temporale means a storm breaks out.

Examples

"Il palloncino è scoppiato."

Natural Translation

The balloon burst.

Literal Translation

The balloon is burst.

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