restallar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /restaˈʝaɾ/ [res.t̪aˈʝaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /restaˈʎaɾ/ [res.t̪aˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /restaˈʃaɾ/ [res.t̪aˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /restaˈʒaɾ/ [res.t̪aˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: res‧ta‧llar

Verb

restallar (first-person singular present restallo, first-person singular preterite restallé, past participle restallado)

(intransitive) to crack (said of a whip)
hizo restallar un látigo ― he cracked a whip
to crackle

Conjugation

Conjugation of restallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			restallar
gerund			restallando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		restallado		restallada
		plural		restallados		restalladas
		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	restallo	restallas^{^tú} restallás^{^vos}	restalla	restallamos	restalláis	restallan
	imperfect	restallaba	restallabas	restallaba	restallábamos	restallabais	restallaban
	preterite	restallé	restallaste	restalló	restallamos	restallasteis	restallaron
	future	restallaré	restallarás	restallará	restallaremos	restallaréis	restallarán
	conditional	restallaría	restallarías	restallaría	restallaríamos	restallaríais	restallarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	restalle	restalles^{^tú} restallés^{^vos²}	restalle	restallemos	restalléis	restallen
	imperfect (ra)	restallara	restallaras	restallara	restalláramos	restallarais	restallaran
	imperfect (se)	restallase	restallases	restallase	restallásemos	restallaseis	restallasen
	future¹	restallare	restallares	restallare	restalláremos	restallareis	restallaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		restalla^{^tú} restallá^{^vos}	restalle	restallemos	restallad	restallen
	negative		no restalles	no restalle	no restallemos	no restalléis	no restallen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

restallido

Related terms

estallar

Further reading

“restallar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025