burst

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From Middle English bresten, bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”), enlargement of *bhreHi- (“to snip, split”). See also West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Danish briste, Swedish brista; also Irish bris (“to break”)). More at brine. Also cognate to debris.

206 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: պայթյուն (paytʻyun) — instance or act of bursting
• Armenian: պոռթկում (poṙtʻkum) — instance or act of bursting
• Bulgarian: взрив (vzriv) — instance or act of bursting
• Bulgarian: избухване (izbuhvane) — instance or act of bursting
• Chinese Mandarin: 爆裂 (bàoliè) — instance or act of bursting
• Chinese Mandarin: 破裂 (pòliè) — instance or act of bursting
• Czech: prasknutí — instance or act of bursting
• Dutch: uitbarsting — instance or act of bursting
• Dutch: ontploffing — instance or act of bursting
• Finnish: räjähdys — instance or act of bursting
• Finnish: puhkeaminen — instance or act of bursting
• French: éclatement — instance or act of bursting
• French: explosion — instance or act of bursting
• Galician: estoupido — instance or act of bursting
• Galician: estoupo — instance or act of bursting
• Galician: estourido — instance or act of bursting
• Galician: estoiro — instance or act of bursting
• Galician: estouro — instance or act of bursting
• German: Bersten — instance or act of bursting
• German: Zerbrechen — instance or act of bursting
• German: Platzen — instance or act of bursting
• Greek: έκρηξη (ékrixi) — instance or act of bursting
• Greek: ριπή (ripí) — instance or act of bursting
• Ido: erupto — instance or act of bursting
• Indonesian: letupan — instance or act of bursting
• Indonesian: letusan — instance or act of bursting
• Irish: rois — instance or act of bursting
• Italian: scoppio — instance or act of bursting
• Italian: esplosione — instance or act of bursting
• Low German: Barsten — instance or act of bursting
• Low German: Barsten — instance or act of bursting
• Low German: Tobreken — instance or act of bursting
• Low German: Tweibreken — instance or act of bursting
• Old Saxon: brestan — instance or act of bursting
• Polish: eksplozja — instance or act of bursting
• Polish: pęknięcie — instance or act of bursting
• Polish: wybuch — instance or act of bursting
• Polish: rozerwanie — instance or act of bursting
• Portuguese: estouro — instance or act of bursting
• Portuguese: explosão — instance or act of bursting
• Russian: взрыв (vzryv) — instance or act of bursting
• Russian: разры́в (razrýv) — instance or act of bursting
• Russian: ло́пание (lópanije) — instance or act of bursting
• Spanish: ráfaga — instance or act of bursting
• Spanish: estallo — instance or act of bursting
• Spanish: reventón — instance or act of bursting
• Spanish: estallido — instance or act of bursting
• Spanish: explosión — instance or act of bursting
• Swedish: skur — instance or act of bursting
• Swedish: salva — instance or act of bursting
• Swedish: omgång — instance or act of bursting
• Dutch: salvo — series of shots fired from an automatic firearm
• Russian: очередь (óčeredʹ) — series of shots fired from an automatic firearm
• Albanian: plas — to break from internal pressure
• Arabic: انفزر (infazar) — to break from internal pressure
• Armenian: պայթել (paytʻel) — to break from internal pressure
• Armenian: պոռթկալ (poṙtʻkal) — to break from internal pressure
• Basque: lehertu — to break from internal pressure
• Bulgarian: пръсвам се (prǎsvam se) — to break from internal pressure
• Catalan: petar — to break from internal pressure
• Catalan: rebentar — to break from internal pressure
• Catalan: esclatar — to break from internal pressure
• Chinese Cantonese: 爆 (baau3) — to break from internal pressure
• Eastern Min Chinese: 爆 (bouk) — to break from internal pressure
• Chinese Mandarin: 爆裂 (bàoliè) — to break from internal pressure
• Chinese Mandarin: 破裂 (pòliè) — to break from internal pressure
• Choctaw: bokafa — to break from internal pressure
• Czech: prasknout — to break from internal pressure
• Dalmatian: crepur — to break from internal pressure
• Dutch: barsten — to break from internal pressure
• Esperanto: krevi — to break from internal pressure
• Finnish: haljeta — to break from internal pressure
• Finnish: puhjeta — to break from internal pressure
• Finnish: räjähtää — to break from internal pressure
• French: éclater — to break from internal pressure
• North Frisian: baast — to break from internal pressure
• Galician: estoupar — to break from internal pressure
• Galician: estourar — to break from internal pressure
• Galician: rebentar — to break from internal pressure
• Galician: esbochar — to break from internal pressure
• German: platzen — to break from internal pressure
• German: zerplatzen — to break from internal pressure
• German: bersten — to break from internal pressure
• German: versprütze — to break from internal pressure
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (distairan) — to break from internal pressure
• Greek: σκάω (skáo) — to break from internal pressure
• Greek: εκρήγνυμαι (ekrígnymai) — to break from internal pressure
• Ancient Greek: λάσκω (láskō) — to break from internal pressure
• Hebrew: התפוצץ (hitpotséts) — to break from internal pressure
• Hindi: फूटना (phūṭnā) — to break from internal pressure
• Hungarian: szétpukkan — to break from internal pressure
• Hungarian: szétdurran — to break from internal pressure
• Hungarian: kidurran — to break from internal pressure
• Hungarian: kipukkad — to break from internal pressure
• Hungarian: szétpukkad — to break from internal pressure
• Indonesian: meletus — to break from internal pressure
• Indonesian: meletup — to break from internal pressure
• Irish: pléasc — to break from internal pressure
• Italian: scoppiare — to break from internal pressure
• Italian: esplodere — to break from internal pressure
• Japanese: 破裂する (haretsu suru) — to break from internal pressure
• Khmer: ផ្ទុះ (ptuh) — to break from internal pressure
• Korean: 파열하다 (payeolhada) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: жарылыш (jarılış) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: жарылуу (jarıluu) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: дүрт этүү (dürt etüü) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: башталып кетүү (baştalıp ketüü) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: дүрт (dürt) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: жарк (jark) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: бөлүү (bölüü) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: чулп эткен дабыш (culp etken dabış) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: чалп эткен дабыш (calp etken dabış) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: импульс (impuls) — to break from internal pressure
• Kyrgyz: бөлүнүп кетүү (bölünüp ketüü) — to break from internal pressure
• Low German: barsten — to break from internal pressure
• Malay: meletus — to break from internal pressure
• Malay: meletup — to break from internal pressure
• Malay: pecah — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: pahū — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: pohū — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: kōwhā — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: ngawhā — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: ngaora — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: kowhera — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: papā — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: tawhā — to break from internal pressure
• Māori: ngawhewhe — to break from internal pressure
• Middle English: bresten — to break from internal pressure
• Mongolian: тэсрэх (tesrex) — to break from internal pressure
• Occitan: espetar — to break from internal pressure
• Occitan: esclatar — to break from internal pressure
• Polish: pękać — to break from internal pressure
• Polish: pęknąć — to break from internal pressure
• Polish: rozsadzać — to break from internal pressure
• Portuguese: arrebentar — to break from internal pressure
• Portuguese: estourar — to break from internal pressure
• Russian: ло́паться (lópatʹsja) — to break from internal pressure
• Russian: ло́пнуть (lópnutʹ) — to break from internal pressure
• Russian: разрыва́ться (razryvátʹsja) — to break from internal pressure
• Russian: разорва́ться (razorvátʹsja) — to break from internal pressure
• Russian: тре́скаться (tréskatʹsja) — to break from internal pressure
• Russian: тре́снуть (trésnutʹ) — to break from internal pressure
• Sanskrit: स्फलति (sphalati) — to break from internal pressure
• Spanish: reventar — to break from internal pressure
• Swedish: brista — to break from internal pressure
• Swedish: spricka — to break from internal pressure
• Swedish: brisera — to break from internal pressure
• Tagalog: putok — to break from internal pressure
• Telugu: చితుకు (cituku) — to break from internal pressure
• Telugu: పగిలిపోవు (pagilipōvu) — to break from internal pressure
• Thai: แตก (dtɛ̀ɛk) — to break from internal pressure
• Thai: ระเบิด (rá-bə̀ət) — to break from internal pressure
• Turkish: patlamak — to break from internal pressure
• Vietnamese: bị bể — to break from internal pressure
• Volapük: kräkön — to break from internal pressure
• Welsh: byrstio — to break from internal pressure
• Welsh: ffrwydro — to break from internal pressure
• Albanian: përplasje — to cause to burst
• Bulgarian: пръсвам (prǎsvam) — to cause to burst
• Bulgarian: взривявам (vzrivjavam) — to cause to burst
• Catalan: esclatar — to cause to burst
• Catalan: esquerdar — to cause to burst
• Dutch: doen barsten — to cause to burst
• Finnish: halkaista — to cause to burst
• Finnish: puhkaista — to cause to burst
• Finnish: räjäyttää — to cause to burst
• French: faire éclater — to cause to burst
• French: rompre — to cause to burst
• French: briser — to cause to burst
• German: sprengen — to cause to burst
• Greek: σκάω (skáo) — to cause to burst
• Ancient Greek: διασπάω (diaspáō) — to cause to burst
• Hungarian: szétpukkaszt — to cause to burst
• Hungarian: kipukkaszt — to cause to burst
• Hungarian: kidurrant — to cause to burst
• Indonesian: meletus — to cause to burst
• Indonesian: meletup — to cause to burst
• Irish: pléasc — to cause to burst
• Italian: far scoppiare — to cause to burst
• Italian: strappare — to cause to burst
• Italian: separare — to cause to burst
• Latin: dīrumpō — to cause to burst
• Low German: doon barsten — to cause to burst
• Middle English: bresten — to cause to burst
• Plautdietsch: tweirieten — to cause to burst
• Portuguese: estourar — to cause to burst
• Russian: разрыва́ть (razryvátʹ) — to cause to burst
• Russian: разорва́ть (razorvátʹ) — to cause to burst
• Russian: ло́пать (lópatʹ) — to cause to burst
• Russian: ло́пнуть (lópnutʹ) — to cause to burst
• Spanish: reventar — to cause to burst
• Spanish: romper — to cause to burst
• Swahili: kukata — to cause to burst
• Swedish: spräcka — to cause to burst
• Telugu: పగలగొట్టు (pagalagoṭṭu) — to cause to burst
• Turkish: patlatmak — to cause to burst
• Vietnamese: làm bể — to cause to burst
• Vietnamese: bể — to cause to burst
• Welsh: byrstio — to cause to burst
• Welsh: ffrwydro — to cause to burst
• Hungarian: kitör — to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting
• Hungarian: hirtelenkezd (el) — to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting
• Hungarian: borul — to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting
• Hungarian: fakad — to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting
• Māori: ngaora — to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting
• Middle English: bresten — to erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting