hoguera

f.

1 bonfire.

morir en la hoguera to be burned at the stake

2 pyre.

3 stake.

Juana de Arco murió en la hoguera Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

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hoguera

► nombre femenino

1 bonfire

2 figurado blaze

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FRASEOLOGÍA

morir en la hoguera eufemístico to be burnt at the stake

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SF

1) (=fogata) bonfire

la casa estaba hecha una hoguera — the house was ablaze, the house was an inferno

See:

ver nota culturelle SAN JUAN in San Juan

2) ( Hist) stake

murió en la hoguera — he was burned at the stake

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femenino bonfire

murió en la hoguera — he was burned at the stake

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= campfire, bonfire, pyre, open fire, fire.

Ex. Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.

Ex. This is an outtake from Wolfe's follow up to his 1987 'Bonfire of the Vanities'.

Ex. As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.

Ex. The first rotisseries were crude devices that allowed for food to be rotated manually while it cooked over an 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.

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femenino bonfire

murió en la hoguera — he was burned at the stake

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= campfire, bonfire, pyre, open fire, fire.

Ex: Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.

Ex: This is an outtake from Wolfe's follow up to his 1987 'Bonfire of the Vanities'.

Ex: As Franklin indicates, 'the farmer weeping beside the blazing pyre of dead sheep is a complex portrait of a breach in the relationships between animals and humans'.

Ex: The first rotisseries were crude devices that allowed for food to be rotated manually while it cooked over an 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.

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hoguera

feminine

bonfire

murió en la hoguera he was burned at the stake

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hoguera sustantivo femenino
bonfire;

◊ murió en la hoguera he was burned at the stake

hoguera sustantivo femenino bonfire

'hoguera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lumbre
- resplandecer
- encender
- humear
English:
bonfire
- inferno
- fire

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hoguera nf

bonfire;

morir en la hoguera to be burned at the stake

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hoguera

f bonfire

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hoguera nf

1) fogata: bonfire

2)

morir en la hoguera : to burn at the stake

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hoguera n bonfire