estourares.tou.rar [estowr′ar]vtd+vint1 to cause to burst.
2 to burst (with great noise), explode:
a garrafa estourou / the bottle burst:
quase estourei de riso / I almost burst with laughter.
3 to split, crack, clatter, break up, shatter.
4 to blow out:
de volta para casa um pneu estourou / on my way home a tire blew out.
5 to stampede (cattle).
6 fig to enrage, lose one’s temper, scold, rail, bawl:
por pouco ele estoura /
fig he is about to fly into a passion of rage,
coloq he’ll take off any minute now.
