reventar
Spanish, verb/rebenˈtaɾ/
reventar is spelled R-E-V-E-N-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,278th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reventar is a Spanish verb meaning “to burst, explode, blow up, break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho especialmente de una cámara de aire: resquebrajarse violentamente por presión interior y expulsar el…”.
What does reventar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to burst, explode, blow up, break
- 2
colloquialto annoy; hack off
- 3
colloquialto die (to do something)
- 4
colloquialto burst (into)
- 5
colloquialto wear out; knacker
- 6
Spainvulgarto have anal sex
- 7
slangto diss, to mock, to roast (to subject someone to excessive banter and criticism, either amicably or ill-intentionedly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dicho especialmente de una cámara de aire: resquebrajarse violentamente por presión interior y expulsar el aire que contiene. 2. Dicho de las olas: deshacerse en espuma por la fuerza del viento o por el choque contra los peñascos o playas. 3. Brotar, nacer o salir con ímpetu. 4. Tener ansia o deseo vehemente de una cosa.
verb: 1. Hacer que algo o alguien reviente. 2. Aniquilar, destruir, devastar, arrasar. 3. Dicho de una úlcera péptica, tener hemorragia o perforarse. 4. Dicho del caballo: hacerle enfermar o morir por exceso en la carrera.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of reventar
- reviento first-person present singular
- reventé first-person preterite singular
- reventado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- reventando gerund
- reventada feminine participle past
- reventados masculine participle past
- reventadas feminine participle past
- revientas indicative informal present
- reventás indicative informal present
- revienta indicative present singular
- reventamos first-person indicative plural
- reventáis indicative plural present
- revientan indicative plural present
- reventaba first-person imperfect indicative
- reventabas imperfect indicative second-person
- reventábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- reventabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reventar?
- /rebenˈtaɾ/
- [re.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [reβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reventar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reventar in Spanish?
reventar appears 3.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).