incendiar

v.

to set fire to.

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incendiar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to set on fire, set fire to

► verbo pronominal incendiarse

1 to catch fire

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1.

VT to set fire to, set alight

2.

See:

incendiarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (prender fuego a) to set fire to

b) (quemar) <edificio> to burn down; <coche> to burn; <pueblo/bosque> to burn ... to the ground

2.

incendiarse v pron

a) (empezar a arder) to catch fire

b) (destruirse) edificio to be burned down

la casa incendiada — the burnt-out house

los bosques que se incendiaron — the forests that were destroyed by fire

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= set + fire to, torch, set + ablaze.

Ex. There was opposition from the Chinese, however, and someone set fire to the library in September 1938.

Ex. Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.

Ex. The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.

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* incendiarse = catch + fire, catch on + fire.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (prender fuego a) to set fire to

b) (quemar) <edificio> to burn down; <coche> to burn; <pueblo/bosque> to burn ... to the ground

2.

incendiarse v pron

a) (empezar a arder) to catch fire

b) (destruirse) edificio to be burned down

la casa incendiada — the burnt-out house

los bosques que se incendiaron — the forests that were destroyed by fire

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= set + fire to, torch, set + ablaze.

Ex: There was opposition from the Chinese, however, and someone set fire to the library in September 1938.

Ex: Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.

Ex: The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.

* incendiarse = catch + fire, catch on + fire.

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incendiar [A1 ]

vt

1 (prender fuego a) to set fire to

2 (quemar) ‹edificio› to burn down; ‹coche› to burn; ‹pueblo/bosque› to burn … to the ground

■ incendiarse

v pron

1 (empezar a arder) to catch fire

2 (destruirse) «edificio» to be burned down

las ruinas de la casa incendiada the ruins of the burnt-out house

los bosques que se incendiaron el verano pasado the forests that were destroyed by fire last summer

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incendiar (conjugate incendiar) verbo transitivo

a) (prender fuego a) to set fire to

b) (quemar) ‹edificio› to burn down;

‹coche› to burn;
‹pueblo/bosque› to burn … to the ground
incendiarse verbo pronominal

a) (empezar a arder) to catch fire

b) (destruirse) [edificio] to be burned down;

◊ los bosques que se incendiaron the forests that were destroyed by fire

incendiar verbo transitivo to set fire to, to set alight
'incendiar' also found in these entries:
English:
burn down
- fire
- burn

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incendiar

♦ vt

to set fire to;

los guerrilleros incendiaron varias casas the guerrillas set fire to o torched several houses

♦ See also the pronominal verb incendiarse

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incendiar

v/t set fire to

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incendiar vt

: to set fire to, to burn (down)

♦ See also the reflexive verb incendiarse

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incendiar vb to set fire to [pt. & pp. set]