rebentar

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *repentare, from Latin repēns (“sudden, unexpected”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.βənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.bənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.benˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

rebentar (first-person singular present rebento, first-person singular preterite rebentí, past participle rebentat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive, intransitive) to burst, explode, blow up, break
   • 1946, Ramon Vinyes i Cluet, A la boca dels núvols:

     Rebenta de sobte un gran terrabastall de trons que ha estat precedit per una enlluernadora llampegadissa.

     A great crashing din of thunderclaps, which has been preceded by a dazzling series of lighting flashes, suddenly bursts forth.

• “rebentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rebentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rebentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rebentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese rebentar (13^th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *repentāre, from Latin repēns (“sudden, unexpected”).

• IPA^(key): [re.βen.ˈtaɾ]

rebentar (first-person singular present rebento, first-person singular preterite rebentei, past participle rebentado)

1. to burst, explode
2. to break
3. to fatigue
4. to bud, to sprout

   Synonyms: agromar, brotar, xenar, xermolar

• rebento

• “rebentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rebentar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “rebentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rebentar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rebentar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• “rebentar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “rebentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rebentar, possibly from Vulgar Latin *repentāre, from Latin repēns (“sudden, unexpected”).

rebentar (first-person singular present rebento, first-person singular preterite rebentei, past participle rebentado)

1. to sprout
2. to burst, explode

• arrebentar

• “rebentar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “rebentar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.