scoppiare

Italian

Etymology

From scoppio (“explosion”) +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skopˈpja.re/

Verb

scoppiare

1. (intransitive) to explode, burst out, break out
   • 1976, “A far l'amore comincia tu”, Daniele Pace (lyrics), Franco Bracardi (music), performed by Raffaella Carrà:

     Portalo in fondo ad un cielo blu / Le sue paure di quel momento / Le fai scoppiare soltanto tu / Scoppia, scoppia mi scoppia il cuor

     Take him deep into a blue sky / The fears he feels in that moment / Are caused only by you / It explodes, it explodes, it explo… It explodes, it explodes, my heart explodes

Derived terms

• riscoppiare

Anagrams

• scoppierà