Fundéu BBVA: "explodes" a bomb and not "exploited"

The foundation of the Spanish urgent (Fundéu BBVA), in a note that has been released today, remember that when a bomb right thing is to say that "is it explodes" and not "exploited".

The verb "exploit" used with the meaning of ' explosion ' is not adequate for phrases such as the following, taken from the media: "The Colombian army specialists explode a bomb planted by the FARC"; "The establishment of the Civil Guard exploded a projectile in the Club de Campo".

, Therefore, bombs "explode" (or "burst") alone, through the installed mechanisms to do this; but if there is someone that makes exploiting indicated is to use the verb "explode" or building "explode".

Therefore indicates the Fundéu BBVA, working intensely by the Royal Spanish Academy, in the above examples appropriate would have been to say: "the Colombian army specialists explode a bomb placed by the" u000a"FARC"; "The establishment of the Civil Guard explode a shell in the Club de Campo".

The foundation of the Spanish Express (www.fundeu.es), promoted by the Efe Agency, sponsored by BBVA and whose main objective is the use of the Spanish in the media, with the collaboration, among others, of the Instituto Cervantes, the Fundación San Millán, Red Eléctrica de Spain, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, cedar, CELER Soluciones, Hermes Traducciones, Linguaserve and Abengoa.

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