reventar

/rebenˈtaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to annoy

🎈💥 re- + ventar (to blow, from viento = wind): blown until it bursts

Viento means wind, so ventar is to blow; re- adds force. Keep blowing into something and it reventa, it bursts. The figurative uses work the same way: reventarle a alguien means to push someone past their limit, and reventar por hacer algo means to be dying to do it.

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