How to Say "exploded" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “exploded” is “explotó” — A2 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
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VerbA2
physical detonation
Examples
El viejo motor explotó por el sobrecalentamiento.
The old engine exploded due to overheating.
Cuando cayó el rayo, la torre de electricidad explotó con un gran ruido.
When the lightning struck, the electricity tower blew up with a loud noise.
The Preterite Tense
‘Explotó’ is the simple past tense (preterite) used to describe a single action that happened and finished at a specific point in the past, like a sudden explosion.
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