# rebentar
## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rə.βənˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rə.bənˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.benˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

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

#### Derived terms

* rebentada
* rebentapisos
* rebentat
* rebentatimpans
* rebentisme

### Further reading

* “rebentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “rebentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [re.βen.ˈtaɾ]

### Verb

rebentar (first-person singular present rebento, first-person singular preterite rebentei, past participle rebentado)
* to burst, explode
* to break
* to fatigue
* to bud, to sprout
    Synonyms: agromar, brotar, xenar, xermolar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* rebento

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rebentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rebentar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rebentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rebentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rebentar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “rebentar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “rebentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.bẽˈta(ʁ)/ [he.bẽˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.bẽˈta(ʁ)/ [he.bẽˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.bẽˈta(ɾ)/ [he.bẽˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.bẽˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.bẽˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.bẽˈta(ɻ)/ [he.bẽˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.bẽˈtaɾ/ [ʁɨ.βẽˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.bẽˈtaɾ/ [ʁɨ.βẽˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.bẽˈta.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.βẽˈta.ɾi]

### Verb

rebentar (first-person singular present rebento, first-person singular preterite rebentei, past participle rebentado)
* to sprout
* to burst, explode

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* arrebentar

### Further reading

* “rebentar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “rebentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025