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estourar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  • burst verb To break open suddenly, often from internal pressure.
  • mushroom noun The fleshy, umbrella-shaped fruiting body of certain fungi, often eaten as food.

Senses

estourar is used for these senses in English:

  • blow (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
  • burst (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
  • burst (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
  • mushroom (intransitive, figurative) To grow quickly to a large size or rapidly increase in scope or scale.

blow — full definition

  1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
  3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
  4. noun A hard hit or strike.
  5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

burst — full definition

  1. verb To break open suddenly, often from internal pressure.
  2. verb To move suddenly and forcefully, especially entering or exiting.
  3. noun A sudden, brief outbreak or surge of something.

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