explosión
/eɡsploˈsjon/ · B1 · noun · f
explosion
💥🧨 explosión = explosion with an accent: ex (out) + plos (clap) + -ión
Near-identical cognate of English explosion. From Latin explodere, to drive out by clapping: ex (out) + plaudere (to clap), the same root as applaud. Words ending in -sión are feminine, so it is la explosión, and the stress lands on the final ó.