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reventón

Spanish, noun/rebenˈton/

reventón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “burst” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de reventar”.

What does reventón mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineburst

  2. 2

    masculineparty (social gathering)

  3. 3

    masculinea cultivar of maize, whose seeds are used for popcorn

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que revienta. 2. Que parece o puede que reviente.

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de reventar. 2. Cuesta muy empinada y dificultosa de ascender. 3. Gran apuro o dificultad muy complicada. 4. Trabajo o fatiga debidos a una urgencia concreta.

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 reventón

  • reventones plural
  • reventona feminine
  • reventonas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce reventón?

  • /rebenˈton/
  • [re.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪õn]
  • [reβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪õn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to reventón

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is reventón in Spanish?

reventón appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).