prorrumpir

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōrumpere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾorumˈpiɾ/ [pɾo.rũmˈpiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧rrum‧pir

Verb

prorrumpir (first-person singular present prorrumpo, first-person singular preterite prorrumpí, past participle prorrumpido)

1. (intransitive, ~ en) to burst into (tears, laughter, etc.)

   prorrumpir en sollozos ― to burst into tears

   prorrumpir en aplausos ― to burst into applause

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 21:

     [La Calchona] corre por el campo ladrando incesantemente, y cuando los perros la oyen, se amedrentan y prorrumpen en aullidos muy tristes.

     The Calchona runs through the countryside barking incessantly, and when dogs hear her, they get frightened and break out into very sad howls

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prorrumpir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			prorrumpir
gerund			prorrumpiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prorrumpido		prorrumpida
		plural		prorrumpidos		prorrumpidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prorrumpo	prorrumpestú prorrumpísvos	prorrumpe	prorrumpimos	prorrumpís	prorrumpen
	imperfect	prorrumpía	prorrumpías	prorrumpía	prorrumpíamos	prorrumpíais	prorrumpían
	preterite	prorrumpí	prorrumpiste	prorrumpió	prorrumpimos	prorrumpisteis	prorrumpieron
	future	prorrumpiré	prorrumpirás	prorrumpirá	prorrumpiremos	prorrumpiréis	prorrumpirán
	conditional	prorrumpiría	prorrumpirías	prorrumpiría	prorrumpiríamos	prorrumpiríais	prorrumpirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prorrumpa	prorrumpastú prorrumpásvos2	prorrumpa	prorrumpamos	prorrumpáis	prorrumpan
	imperfect (ra)	prorrumpiera	prorrumpieras	prorrumpiera	prorrumpiéramos	prorrumpierais	prorrumpieran
	imperfect (se)	prorrumpiese	prorrumpieses	prorrumpiese	prorrumpiésemos	prorrumpieseis	prorrumpiesen
	future1	prorrumpiere	prorrumpieres	prorrumpiere	prorrumpiéremos	prorrumpiereis	prorrumpieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prorrumpetú prorrumpívos	prorrumpa	prorrumpamos	prorrumpid	prorrumpan
	negative		no prorrumpas	no prorrumpa	no prorrumpamos	no prorrumpáis	no prorrumpan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “prorrumpir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10