English Vocabulary - Vocabulario de inglés
WAYS OF BURNING
burn: be on fire.
(quemar)
Help! My house is burning!
catch fire: start burning.
(incendiar, prender fuego)
Help! My house has caught fire!
flicker: burn unsteadily.
(parpadear)
The candle flickered in the wind.
smoulder: burn slowly without flames.
(arder lentamente)
The cigarette smouldered in the ashtray.
flare: burn brightly but unsteadily or briefly.
(arder con un destello)
The match flared in the darkness.
flame: burn in flames.
(arder en llamas)
The fire flamed up when he put oil on it.
burst into flames: suddenly start to burn very strongly.
(estallar en llamas)
The oil truck crashed and burst into flames.
blaze: burn brightly and fiercely.
(arder con mucho brillo o llamaradas)
When the firemen arrived, the whole house was blazing.
rage: burn very strongly.
(arder, arrasar con fuego)
The fire raged through the forest for days.
incinerate: burn something completely to ashes.
(quemar, incinerar)
All the infected clothes were incinerated.
smoke: give out smoke.
(echar humo)
The fireplace smokes too much.
brand: burn a mark on something.
(marcar, herrar)
Cattle are usually brandred on big farms.
scorch: burn or discolour a surface by dry heat.
(chamuscar, abrasar)
She scorched my shirt when she was ironing it.
sear: burn something with a sudden powerful heat.
(chamuscar, quemar)
The heat seared his skin.
singe: burn the surface of something slightly.
(socarrar, quemar ligeramente)
The flames had singed his hair.
char: burn something so that its outside becomes black.
(carbonizar, quemar)
Roast the peppers until the skin begins to char.
cremate: burn the body of a dead person at a funeral ceremony.
(cremar)
Before a dead person is cremated, an authorization must be obtained.
We thank Marcelo González (from Ramos Mejía, Argentina) and Philip Whiting (from Fayetteville, United States) for their contribution.
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