reventarse

reventarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (estallar) to burst

2 familiar (cansarse) to tire oneself out

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VPR

1) (=romperse)

a) [por presión] [tubería] to burst; [pantalón, vestido] to split

b) [por explosión] [depósito, tanque] to explode, blow up

2) * (=agotarse)

se revienta a trabajar — he's slogging o sweating his guts out *, he's working his butt off (EEUU) **

el toro se reventó corriendo — the bull ran itself into the ground

3) Arg, Col, Uru * to crash

se reventó contra un poste — it crashed into a post

4) Méx * to have a great time

nos reventamos en la boda de Rosa — we had a great time at Rosa's wedding

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■reventarse verbo reflexivo
1 (un globo, una rueda) to burst
2 (un tomate, huevo, etc) to smash
3 (un caballo, etc) to die of exhaustion
4 (una persona) to work one's guts out
'reventarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reventar
English:
burst

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vpr

1. [explotar] to explode;

[rueda, tuberías] to burst;

no te revientes los granos don't squeeze your spots;

Andes, RP

venía mirando para otro lado y me reventé contra la puerta I was looking the other way and banged into the door

2. Fam [cansarse] to get Br whacked o US whacked-out, to tire oneself to death;

se reventó a limpiar she tired herself to death o Br slogged her guts out doing the cleaning

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reventarse

v/r

1 de pelota burst

2

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se reventó a trabajar fig he worked his butt off fam