터지다

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄩᅥ〮디다〮 (Yale: ptheti-ta), from ᄩᅳ〮 (pthú-, “to depart”) +‎ 어 (-e, converb) +‎ 디 (ti-, “to fall”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

터지다 • (teojida) (infinitive 터져 or 터지어, sequential 터지니)

1. (intransitive)
   1. (also figuratively) to burst; to explode

      코피가 터지다 ― kopi-ga teojida ― to have a nosebleed

   2. (of a war, etc.) to break out

      Synonym: 발발(勃發)하다 (balbalhada)

      전쟁이 터지다 ― jeonjaeng-i teojida ― for a war to erupt

   3. (of an emotion) to burst out (e.g. of anger)

      분노가 터지다 ― bunno-ga teojida ― to burst out of anger

   4. to burst into (tears, laughter, applause, etc.)

      관객들의 웃음이 터져 나왔다. ― Gwan'gaek-deur-ui useum-i teojeo nawatda. ― The audience burst into laughter.

2. (auxiliary, after the infinitive) Synonym of 빠지다 (ppajida)