estallido

Spanish

Etymology

From estallar +‎ -ido.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /estaˈʝido/ [es.t̪aˈʝi.ð̞o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /estaˈʎido/ [es.t̪aˈʎi.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /estaˈʃido/ [es.t̪aˈʃi.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /estaˈʒido/ [es.t̪aˈʒi.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: es‧ta‧lli‧do

Noun

estallido m (plural estallidos)

  1. explosion
  2. (figurative) outbreak
    • 2019 September 18, Íñigo de Barrón, quoting Margarita Delgado, “El supervisor cree que Google, Amazon y Facebook pueden crear riesgos sistémicos en el sector financiero”, in El País‎[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
      [Margarita Delgado] ha avisado este miércoles de que la actuación de las bigtech […] como intermediarios financieros puede “acarrear riesgos sistémicos, como tuvimos la desgracia de comprobar con el estallido de la crisis financiera”.
      She [Margarita Delgado] has warned this Wednesday that the actions of bigtech […] as financial intermediaries can “carry systemic risks, as we had the misfortune to verify with the outbreak of the financial crisis”.

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