How to Say "Blast" in Spanish

explosión

/eɡsploˈsjon/

The English word 'blast' is translated into Spanish as explosión.

When referring to an explosion, use explosión.

Meaning: explosion (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The word explosión is a feminine noun, so it is preceded by feminine articles like la or una.

/eɡsploˈsjon/

If someone has a 'blast' (a great time), Spanish doesn't use explosión but might say pasarlo bomba, literally 'passing it like a bomb'.
The word explosión shares its Latin roots with the English verb 'explode', but also traces back to the Latin 'plaudere', which means 'to clap' or 'to applaud'.
In a technical sense, a 'blast furnace' used in metallurgy is translated as alto horno, which literally means 'high furnace'.

Numerosas personas murieron por la explosión.
A lot of people were killed by the blast.
This sentence shows how to use explosión when discussing casualties from a blast.
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El estruendo de la explosión sacudió todo el edificio.
The sound of the blast shook the entire building.
Escuchamos un estallido cuando el neumático explotó.
We heard a blast when the tire burst.
La detonación del cohete fue impresionante.
The blast of the rocket was impressive.
¡Qué diversión tuvimos en la fiesta de anoche!
What a blast we had at the party last night!
¡La película fue una fiesta de principio a fin!
The movie was a blast from start to finish!
La explosión rompió todas las ventanas.
The explosion broke all the windows.
Escuchamos una fuerte explosión en la calle.
We heard a loud explosion in the street.

Daniel and Lucía are talking about a news report.

Daniel

¿Escuchaste la noticia de la explosión?
Did you hear the news about the explosion?
Lucía

No, ¿qué pasó, Daniel?
No, what happened, Daniel?
Daniel

Hubo una explosión cerca del puerto.
There was an explosion near the port.
Lucía

Espero que todos estén bien.
I hope everyone is okay.

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