explodir

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin explōdere, with change of conjugation. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ex‧plo‧dir === Verb === explodir (first-person singular present (Brazil) explodo or (Portugal) expludo, third-person singular present explode, first-person singular preterite explodi, past participle explodido) (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 ==== Usage notes ==== Historically some authors have considered this verb defective and proscribed its use in certain present-tense conjugations. Nevertheless, modern dictionaries recognize these conjugations, noting their variation between Brazilian and European Portuguese. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “explodir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “explodir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026