how to say “outbreak” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /]הִתְפָּרְצוּת

While פריצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is a break in (and פריצת דרך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is a breakthrough), התפרצות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /] is an eruption or outbreak.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /]מה השינויים שעבר העולם מאז התפרצות מגפת הקורונה?

What are the changes the world went through since the outbreak of the coronavirus?

התפרצות is a noun form of the התפעל verb להתפרץ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/התפרצות-#.m4a” /].

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