estallido

Definitions of estallido
  1. noun
    the act of exploding or bursting
    synonyms: desbordamiento, erupción, explosión, reventón
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    types:
    fulminación
    the act of exploding with noise and violence
  2. noun
    a sudden very loud noise
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    type of:
    estrépito, runrún
    sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  3. noun
    a sudden intense happening
    synonyms: alegrón, conflagración, llamarada
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    type of:
    suceso
    an event that happens
  4. noun
    a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
    synonyms: brote, desencadenamiento, erupción
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    types:
    epidemia, peste
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
    recrudecimiento, recrudescencia
    a return of something after a period of abatement
    type of:
    suceso
    an event that happens
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