Meaning
to explode, to blow up
- to burst out, to erupt
- to fire, to shoot (a weapon, shots)
In a sentence
Hai sentito? La gomma è esplosa in strada.
Did you hear? The tire exploded in the street.
Il poliziotto non ha esploso nessun colpo.
The police officer didn't fire any shots.
La bomba è esplosa vicino al centro della città.
The bomb exploded near the center of the city.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| esplodere | infinitive |
| esplodiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| esplodo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| esplodete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esplodi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esplodono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esplode | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esplodevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| esplodevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| esplodevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| esplodevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| esplodevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| esplodeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| esplodemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| esplosi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| esplodeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| esplodesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| esplosero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| esplose | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| esploderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| esploderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| esploderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| esploderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| esploderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| esploderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| esplodiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| esploda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| esplodiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esploda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esplodano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esploda | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esplodessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| esplodessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| esplodeste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| esplodessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| esplodessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| esplodesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| esploderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| esploderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| esplodereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| esploderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| esploderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| esploderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| esplodiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| esplodete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| esplodi | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| esplodendo | gerund |
| esploso | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For bombs or violence, esplodere is standard; scoppiare is more common for balloons, tires, laughter, or sudden emotional outbursts.
- As an intransitive verb, it usually takes essere in compound tenses: la bomba è esplosa.
- Transitively, it means to fire a weapon or shots: esplodere un colpo, esplodere tre colpi.
- past participle esploso