Traducción de fire en Español:

fire

fuego, n.

Pronunciación /ˈfaɪ(ə)r/ /ˈfʌɪə/

Ver definición en Español de fuego

nombre

1
- 1.1
  fuego masculino
  to be on fire — estar en llamas
  to set sth on fire or to set fire to sth — prenderle fuego a algo
  to catch fire — prender fuego
  Suddenly a bright light, fire in fact, flared in front of her face, and a torch was lit.
  When the kill had been made, Jimmy would light a small heather fire to make a smoke signal.
  Even at one in the morning, they did not flinch when a roaring explosion of fire and smoke lit the sky behind them.
  It was already very late and the light from the fire was not bright enough to show all the features of Faith's face.
  In minutes, a small but bright fire sent a thick stream of black smoke skywards.
  There was no fire, and no trace that any fire had ever been lit there.
  He said sprinklers were effective on all fires and reduced the amount of damage caused by fire, smoke and water.
  A fire door will prevent smoke and fire from spreading to other parts of the building.
  During a total Fire Ban, no fire of any kind may be lit in the open.
  The important thing to remember, Mr Ridgway said, is that keeping a building protected from the perils of fire is an ongoing process.
  You are more likely to die from smoke inhalation than fire.
  The different types of nozzles used to deal with different kinds of fire and smoke were also shown.
  The drapes had been closed and the room was dark except for the flickering light of the dying fire.
  They are also warning of the danger of fire associated with cigarette smoking.
  As I tried to make my escape downhill, a cloud of smoke from another fire enveloped me.
  Away in the distance were fires where people were burning coal, and there would be a light from a forest fire.
  Build small, hot fires for maximum burning of volatile gases and for fewer air quality and other safety problems.
  A large fire is usually burning, and many tall diving stories are told.
- 1.2(outdoors)
  hoguera femenino
  fogata femenino
  wood/charcoal fire — fuego de leña/carbón
  Columns of smoke from cooking fires and controlled burns seemed to dangle groundward from the sky.
  Conditions were primitive and patients arrived suffering from malaria, crocodile or snake bites, or burns from open cooking fires.
  Under five sawn-off oil barrels fierce wood fires are burning: on top of them are the woks of giants, each as wide as I can stretch my arms.
  Women are also responsible for collection of fuel for cooking fires.
  Coal and wood fires smell wonderful but are messy and time-consuming.
  Much cooking is done in huge pots over a wood fire, stirring ingredients with a long stick.
  One evening the air grew cold, and so the men went about collecting wood to build a fire.
  The only need the people had for wood was for fires, and that was provided more than amply enough by the smaller trees scattered along the edge of the forest.
  A little ahead of the bed he was on, was a small fireplace with a dim lit fire.
  It shines on both of us, she thought, turning back to the room and her warmly lit fire.
  Yasuko warmly welcomed her inside and offered her a bowl of soup and the warmth of his fire.
  The fire is lit well ahead of time to allow the wood to burn down to non-flaming coals.
  Shivering, through the cold of his body, he dropped to the warmth of the dying fire.
  I see myself reclining by a roaring peat fire, glass of whisky in one hand, fat piece of shortbread in the other.
  Taking another swig of his beer, his eyes came to rest on a stumbling figure walking away from the warmth of the large fire.
  Of course the fire was lit and tea was made on a regular basis.
- 1.3(in hearth)
  fuego masculino
  lumbre femenino literario
  a coal/log fire — un fuego de carbón/leña
  to lay/light the fire — preparar/encender el fuego
2
(accident)
incendio masculino
there was a fire at the factory — hubo un incendio en la fábrica
- the fire was quickly brought under control — lograron controlar las llamas rápidamente
- fire! — ¡fuego!
- this is a fire hazard — esto podría causar un incendio
- fire prevention — prevención de incendios
- fire protection — protección contra incendios
- fire regulations — normativa contra incendios
- At times the reserve staff will start a ‘cold’ fire that is less destructive than latter fires when the grass becomes dry.
- Many destructive fires start during such times since potential fire hazards can go unnoticed in the relative darkness.
- One of the biggest and most destructive of those fires is bearing down on another resort town, Lake Arrowhead in San Bernardino County.
- Experts believe more destructive fires are in our future.
- Those of you who have had fires know how destructive they can be.
- This was achieved after improved park management contained the destructive annual fires and reduced livestock grazing and poaching.
- With the fires still burning deep within the mangled wreckage, it may be months before the area is cleared by health and safety authorities.
- The Fire Service admitted that it was one of the most destructive fires they had witnessed in a number of years.
- Every summer it seems America is reawakened to the destructive forces of forest fires.
- The area below her was littered with twisted metal and burning fires.
- They sat around the fires of the burning town until the sun rose in the East.
- The Siberian northern boreal forests, called Taiga, where the fires were burning are mainly spruce and fir trees.
- During the riots many small fires, including burning cars, were left to burn for long periods.
- They spent three hours there and the whole house was badly damaged by fire and smoke.
- The fire had caused serious smoke and heat damage to the property, he said.
- Orange flames lit the sky as fire destroyed a building on Duke Street during the wee hours of yesterday morning.
3Britanico
(heater)
estufa femenino
calentador masculino
- Similarly, people may gain heat radiating from hot walls, concrete, or sand in a hot environment, as well as from fires or central heating radiators in the cold.
- The rules apply to all gas appliances, including central heating boilers, water heaters, fires and cookers.
- He has been undertaking a variety of projects including fitting central heating and fires.
- Over the past three years, there have been 59 deaths and 4,500 injuries from domestic fires in Greater Manchester.
- Features include gas-fired central heating, gas coal-effect fires in both reception rooms and tiled fireplaces in two of the three bedrooms.
4
(passion)
ardor masculino
- Tony's fire and enthusiasm has always been a delight, but desire gets you nowhere by itself.
- It was a great team effort with the lads playing with fire, passion, determination and a tremendous will to win.
- It was played with passion and fire, by a massive orchestra.
- The dancing at Arios is great but what is missing here is fire and passion among the dancers.
- It's weak, saggy and missing even a spark of fire or passion.
- She was tiny too, I guessed barely five feet, and yet she seemed to have fire and passion in her eyes.
- The prophets of the Temple period opposed paganism with all of their ethical fire and passion.
- So, in anticipation of the great event, we might as well get into the spirit and put some fire into our bellies too.
- His fear bubbled to the surface, quelling the fire of his enthusiasm as he saw how irregular her breathing was.
- There are moments when he shows a glimpse of his old flair and fire but they are just that, moments.
- Naomh Eoin played a fantastic match, full of fire and passion, so much so they were in front for all but 17 minutes.
- Maybe I would have less passion, less fire, less anger driving me to make the world a better place.
- He does what he does best, puts fire into men's hearts, plants the seeds of war.
- Check it out and remind yourself how real music should be played with fire and skill, heart and soul, love and affection.
5
(of guns)
fuego masculino
a burst of fire — una ráfaga de disparos
- to exchange fire — tirotearse
- Four men were cut down by machine-gun fire in a gangland-style shooting.
- The enemy met descending paratroopers with heavy small arms and machinegun fire.
- However, in the hail of bullets and recoilless rifle fire, over fifty hostages had been killed.
- A burst of machinegun fire hit the ground in front of them so that they were sprayed by a shower of broken bullets and stones.
- Almost immediately there was a sustained burst of machine-gun fire just up the road from us here.
- Batteries and small groups of infantry were attacked with machine-gun fire.
- The attackers sprayed a truck full of policemen with machine-gun fire.
- We expected mortars to be added to the rifle and machinegun fire, but the Germans did not use them.
- Suddenly it came under a concentrated barrage of German artillery and machinegun fire.
- Our giggling stopped with a burst followed by an answering burst of machine-gun fire coming from the river about fifty yards away.
- A burst of machine-gun fire from one of the tanks slammed into a wall a few metres away.
- The spread of radio sets made tactical separation easier and improved the control of artillery and mortar fire.
- Automatic weapon fire dissolved the first car in a snowstorm of broken glass.
- The tube belched fire and the projectile covered the short distance to the tank in an instant.
- Skirting the village, the group crossed a little canal and came under intense mortar fire.
- A rocket had hit the trunk and it was caught in a hail of machinegun fire but it kept going until it was out of site.
- Three hours later a second Chinook sent to rescue him was hit by machine-gun fire and another rocket-propelled grenade.
- He lasted just 24 days at Gallipoli before he was killed by machine-gun fire.
- On his second tour of duty in Korea, he was cut down by enemy machine-gun fire.
- The crackle of heavy machine-gun fire echoed across the capital and allied aircraft were heard overhead.

verbo transitivo

1
- 1.1
  (gun/shot/missile) disparar
  (rocket) lanzar
  to fire a gun at sb — dispararle a algn
  to fire a shot at sb — dispararle un tiro a algn
  The Vulcan works by firing a projectile at high speed into a landmine, ripping it apart without detonating the explosives.
  The moment came, and with the twelfth shot fired off, the bullets ceased and Johner drew back behind the barricade to reload his gun.
  In suppressing the Quebec City protests, Canadian police for the first time used the impact weapon Arwen 37 which fires rubber bullets.
  When this projectile is fired into trash piles, trucks, or boxes, it sticks to the target and sends back data.
  For the highest pressures, brute force is applied in the form of the shock-wave apparatus, in which a projectile is fired at the sample.
  If the projectile is fired parallel to the ground, this effect causes the typical downward curved trajectory.
  Six of the crude projectiles were fired, damaging two houses but causing no injuries.
  By 1916 he had devised a method to calculate the position from which the projectile was fired very accurately allowing enemy gun locations to be targeted.
  The soldiers firing the projectiles were his heroes.
  More than 125 people were arrested and scores more injured by police, who, in addition to tear gas and rubber bullets, fired live ammunition at the workers.
  Ammunition stocks disappeared as artillery fired projectiles far in excess of prewar projections.
  A British ballistic missile submarine has fired torpedoes at an American destroyer - all for the sake of research.
  Six workers were injured after troops fired plastic bullets and teargas and then baton-charged the crowd.
  Warfare is the next step with the powers of hot gas being harnessed to fire projectiles from cannons or small arms.
  Firing pin marks on cartridge cases and ejector marks on shells also can be used to provide clues to the type or make of the weapon that fired the bullet.
  Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
  They fired a rubber bullet which bounced off the wall and I went to get it.
  Police said rubber bullets were fired, while the union claimed that birdshot had been used.
- 1.2(direct)
  to fire questions at sb — hacerle / lanzarle preguntas a algn
2coloquial
(dismiss)
echar
despedir
she was fired — la echaron
- you're fired! — ¡queda usted despedido!
- This story apparently came to light when an assistant district attorney was fired for settling the case and not informing his superior.
- The problem is that the paper has fired this trainee journalist presumably due to public pressure and not, one assumes, some facts of his resume.
- There is a reluctance on the part of broadcast executives to fire presenters who stir up public outrage - because it sells.
- As it happens, a few readers have written in to say that firing a couple aides at random might marginally improve the situation as well.
- A couple of years ago, a Bell Labs professor was fired over fake data.
- He has fired his attorneys, accusing them of conspiring against him.
- In May 2003, he fired his deputy and two other lawmakers and appointed Mumba to the deputy position.
- He fired his deputy president for having ties to a businessman who was recently convicted of corruption.
- A disciplinary hearing was held and the messenger was fired.
- During his trial, he fired his attorney and insisted on representing himself.
- We don't fire professors in the United States for their views when we are in our right minds.
- From the start of this year, the president has had the right to effectively hire and fire governors.
- He also fired the country's prosecutor general as demanded by the opposition.
- The constitution gives the powers of hiring or firing magistrates to the Judicial Service Commission, which Gicheru chairs.
- He says that in a few instances, solely on account of their bad report cards, he has fired salespeople who were writing up heaps of orders.
3
- 3.1(activate)
  (boiler/furnace) encender
  We were constructing wooden housing and using charcoal to fire blast furnaces.
  As a teenager, to help his parents, he'd work double shifts firing engines in rail yards.
  Because Watt's engine was fired by coal and not water, spinning factories could be located virtually anywhere.
  Allende's vow to carry out a peaceful Socialist revolution fired the imagination of millions.
  They don't fire the imagination or arouse the passions like the aristocratic love of honor.
  Meera's blind love for Krishna has fired the imagination of many poets.
  He had been busy accumulating knowledge, and stories told to him by his grandfather and other old-timers had fired his imagination.
  However, his imagination was fired by classic Westerns he had seen as a child.
  Granada is also resonant with romance, having fired the imagination of Romantic poets and painters two centuries ago.
  It's no wonder the Romans can fire our imaginations, but what values did they hold, to help them to such success?
  It is a vision that engages and fires his imagination.
  Anything is relevant to the pupil that fires the imagination or extends the mind.
  Writing and producing in a cross-cultural environment has fired his imagination and he has exploited the situation to the hilt.
  In the Dominican Republic, it fired the imagination of a vibrant people.
- 3.2(stimulate)
  (imagination/enthusiasm) avivar
  (passion) enardecer
  (passion) inflamar
  to fire sb with enthusiasm — llenar de entusiasmo a algn
- 3.3literario (set fire to)
  prenderle fuego a
4
(pottery) cocer
- The factory uses combined electricity and coal-fired kilns for firing the bricks.
- Pottery in Texas was fired in a groundhog kiln, so named because part of the kiln is buried in the earth.
- He can do chores for you, such as firing your pottery.
- The houses and kivas of this period were heated with coal, which was also used for firing pottery.
- The temperature needed for firing pottery is between 700-1,000 centigrade.
- Now here's a chance to try your hand at making, glazing and firing your own Raku pieces.
- Its lava streams and agricultural fields are made from tiles fired at the museum and from bricks fired by local brickyards.
- After making the pottery shelters, the children watched as their efforts were fired in a kiln.
- The first porcelain was fired at this manufactory in July 1766.
- Molding something out of clay, decorating it and glazing it, then firing it in the kiln is a fantastic experience for young artists.
- Brick can also be fired to contain numerous color variations within a range of tones appearing in a single brick.
- Clay can also be decorated with paint once it is dry or has been fired in a kiln.
- All methods require that the mould be fired in the kiln; the mould can then be used again for numerous replicas.
- The technique of making majolica begins with firing a piece of earthenware.
- The fire that was built over the pots excluded most of the oxygen which fired the pottery black or charcoal-grey.
- These are then fired in kilns and collected or posted out the following day.
- People using acrylic paints can take away the finished article, but those who prefer water-based paints must wait a few days while they are glazed and fired in a kiln.
- The inked tissue was then laid on the once-fired pottery item, and the pottery was glazed and fired again.
- The large size of the animals required both internal and external supports to prevent them from collapsing in the kiln during firing.
- When fired in a kiln at 1,250 degrees, the oxides and glass pieces melt to form a beautiful layer.

verbo intransitivo

1
(shoot)
disparar
hacer fuego
to fire at sb/sth — disparar contra algn/algo
— dispararle a algn/algo
to fire on sb — disparar sobre algn
- Suddenly he heard the distinct noise of a Gatling gun being fired.
- He studied the simple pistol grip that fired the main gun.
- Others have suggested that he held on to the pistol while firing the shotgun one-handed.
- Only a few weeks ago, there was a small gang of very young children firing an air rifle in the children's area of the park.
- The gang fired the gun at the glass security screen of the Post Office in Halifax Road, Cullingworth, at 10 am on Monday but fled empty handed.
- A teacher who was jailed for firing an air pistol while confronting a gang of youths outside her home was freed on appeal yesterday.
- It was hard to see the extent of the damage because the windscreen was dirty after firing the gun.
- But there were clashes as demonstrators tried to break through and police drove them back, firing water cannons and tear gas.
- Back in March youngsters fired an air gun rifle at a female youth worker and hit her in the leg.
- Even the fun of watching the frigate fire her guns did not help my airsickness.
- Airmen, needless to say, showed themselves eager, hurling grenades and firing their weapons at targets on the ground from the earliest days of the war.
- They ran through a block of single story residences, throwing grenades and firing their weapons.
- He fired a machine gun and a few small missiles at it.
- When they fired back, he and his crew fired both guns directly into them.
- You'll notice in my data that I never reached the factory-specified velocities, firing either carbines or rifles.
- They spoke of incidents of violence, which included a disabled woman twice narrowly escaping injury from a youth firing an air rifle and a pensioner's pet dog being shot dead.
- A woman on disability benefits narrowly missed being hurt by a youth firing an air rifle - twice in 24 hours.
- Vandals have fired an air rifle at the windows of a pre-school.
- They began beating them with clubs, and then fired water cannons at them.
- Someone fired an air rifle at the rear of the school site and three pupils were slightly injured.
2
(engine) encenderse
- Geordie who was talking to Cameron Shelton brought his conversation to a halt reluctantly, with several false stops like a car that kept on firing after the ignition had been switched on.
- Getting behind the car, he pushed with gusto until the engine fired.
- The only practical way to do this is to add some sort of large rocket engine that fires right before impact.
- Mars Express orbiter's main engine is firing for Mars Orbit Insertion.
- As the Spitfire flypast disappeared into the horizon, engines fired into life and the TGP aces flew out of the pit lane to form up the grid.
- Its ion-propulsion engine will fire continuously for the next four days to help it stabilise.
- As they passed outside the larger ship's dock, there was a much larger engine firing.
- Lind was able to get to the damned engines before they fired.
- Tension ran high among the engineers when the Vinci engine fired, and the hydrogen and oxygen valves opened in sequence for the first time.
- Fortunately, the engine fired, the tires went round and round, and the pan didn't leak.
- The engine only fired for a few seconds before shutting off again, and the missile fell.
- Over the next few months, the ion engine fires to raise the highest point of its orbit to match the orbit of the Moon.
- Tension in Mission Control were high, as the engine had to fire while the craft was on the far side of the Moon, and out of radio contact.
- I could see now the Cyclops taking off, it's engines and jets fired into life and slowly lifted off the ground.
- Once the trailing satellite has nearly caught up, it fires its engines away from the leading satellite to achieve the same orbit again.