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estalar

Portuguese, verb/is.taˈla(ʁ)/

estalar is spelled E-S-T-A-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estalar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to click, snap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “partir”.

What does estalar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to click, snap

  2. 2

    to break

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. partir 2. rebentar 3. dar estalos 4. crepitar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of estalar

  • estalo first-person present singular
  • estalei first-person preterite singular
  • estalado participle past
  • estalares infinitive second-person singular
  • estalarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • estalardes infinitive plural second-person
  • estalarem infinitive plural third-person
  • estalando gerund
  • estalados masculine participle past
  • estalada feminine participle past
  • estaladas feminine participle past
  • estalas indicative present second-person
  • estala indicative present singular
  • estalamos first-person indicative plural
  • estalais indicative plural present
  • estalam indicative plural present
  • estalava first-person imperfect indicative
  • estalavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce estalar?

  • Brazil /is.taˈla(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [is.taˈla(h)]
  • Brazil /es.taˈla(ʁ)/

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

English words that translate to estalar

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

How common is estalar in Portuguese?

estalar appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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

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