fuego1

fuego1
1 = fire, flame, bonfire, heat, open fire.
Ex. In the event of a serious accident (a fire, deliberate destruction, or a computer error) nothing will happen to the records vital to the operation of the library.
Ex. The article 'Flames, fear, and loathing: learning about life on the Internet' considers issues surrounding flaming on the Internet, i.e. a critical message or angry response sent on the Internet.
Ex. This is an outtake from Wolfe's follow up to his 1987 'Bonfire of the Vanities'.
Ex. When the pasta is halfway done, return the skillet with the sauce to a medium heat, adding the oregano, capers and olives.
Ex. The first rotisseries were crude devices that allowed for food to be rotated manually while it cooked over an open fire.
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* acción contra el fuego = fire response.
* a medio fuego = medium heat.
* apagar el fuego = put out + the flames.
* apagar un fuego = extinguish + fire, put down + fire.
* apagar un fuego con los pies = stomp out + fire.
* baño de fuego = baptism of fire.
* bautismo de fuego = baptism of fire.
* cocer a fuego lento = simmer.
* como el fuego = like wildfire.
* daño causado por el fuego = fire damage.
* destruido completamente por el fuego = burnt out.
* donde hay humo, hay fuego = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.
* echar leña al fuego = pour + oil on the flames.
* extenderse como el fuego = spread like + wildfire.
* fuego + apagar = fire + be out.
* fuego arrasador = wildfire.
* fuego + arrasar = fire + sweep through.
* fuego de gas = gas ring, gas ring burner.
* fuego del infierno = St. Anthony's fire.
* fuego de San Antonio = St. Anthony's fire.
* fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.
* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.
* fuego fauto = will o' the wisp.
* fuego incontrolado = wildfire.
* fuego + iniciar = fire + break out.
* fuego + prenderse = fire + break out.
* fuego repentino = flash fire.
* fuego sagrado = sacred fire.
* fuegos artificiales = fireworks, firework display.
* hervir a fuego lento = simmer.
* hornillo de dos fuegos = double gas ring burner.
* jugar con fuego = court + disaster, play with + fire, court + danger, flirt with + danger.
* lengua de fuego = tongue of fire.
* luchar contra un fuego = fight + fire.
* precaución contra el fuego = fire precaution.
* prender fuego = set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, burn.
* prenderle fuego a = set + fire to.
* prenderse fuego = catch + fire, catch on + fire.
* propagarse como el fuego = spread like + wildfire.
* propenso al fuego = fire-prone.
* prueba de fuego, la = acid test, the.
* resistente al fuego = fire-resistant.
* retardador del fuego = fire retardant.
* sacar las castañas del fuego = sort out + the mess, pick up + the pieces.
* sacarle las castañas del fuego a Alguien = pull + Posesivo + chestnuts out of the fire.
* ser la prueba de fuego de Algo = test + Nombre + to the limit.

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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