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1 incendio premeditado
• arson• fire questions at• fire-related• incautious• incendiary -
2 incendio provocado
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3 incendio
m.fire.incendio forestal forest fireun incendio provocado a case of arsonpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: incendiar.* * *1 fire\incendio intencionado / incendio provocado arson* * *noun m.* * *SM fireincendio intencionado, incendio provocado — arson attack
* * *masculino fire* * *= conflagration, fire, wildfire.Ex. In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find.9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters;.91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes;.92 Floods;.93 War, civil war;.94 Epidemics;.95 Famine; and.96 Fires, conflagrations.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 area burned by wildfire in the states of Arizona and New Mexico in the southwestern US has been increasing in recent years.----* alarma contra incendios = fire warning, fire alarm.* a prueba de incendios = fireproof [fire-proof].* aspersor contra incendios = fire sprinkler.* boca de incendios = fire hydrant.* extinción de incendios = fire-fighting.* extinguir un incendio = extinguish + fire.* extintor de incendios = fire extinguisher.* incendio de monte = bushfire.* incendio forestal = forest fire.* incendio premeditado = arson attack, arson, arson fire.* incendio provocado = arson attack, arson, arson fire.* normativa en caso de incendio = fire regulations.* peligro de incendio = fire risk, fire hazard.* póliza de seguros contra incendios = fire insurance policy.* propenso a los incendios = fire-prone.* protección contra incendios = fire protection.* riesgo de incendio = fire risk, fire hazard.* salida de incendios = fire exit.* seguridad contra incendios = fire security, fire safety.* señal de aviso de incendio = fire warning.* simulacro de incendio = fire drill.* sistema de extinción de incendios mediante rociadores de agua = water sprinkler fire extinguishing system.* sistema de extinción de incendios = fire extinguishing system.* sistema de extinción de incendios mediante gas halón = halon gas fire extinguishing system.* tareas de extinción de incendios = fire-fighting.* tormenta causada por un incendio = firestorm [fire storm].* * *masculino fire* * *= conflagration, fire, wildfire.Ex: In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find.9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters;.91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes;.92 Floods;.93 War, civil war;.94 Epidemics;.95 Famine; and.96 Fires, conflagrations.
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 area burned by wildfire in the states of Arizona and New Mexico in the southwestern US has been increasing in recent years.* alarma contra incendios = fire warning, fire alarm.* a prueba de incendios = fireproof [fire-proof].* aspersor contra incendios = fire sprinkler.* boca de incendios = fire hydrant.* extinción de incendios = fire-fighting.* extinguir un incendio = extinguish + fire.* extintor de incendios = fire extinguisher.* incendio de monte = bushfire.* incendio forestal = forest fire.* incendio premeditado = arson attack, arson, arson fire.* incendio provocado = arson attack, arson, arson fire.* normativa en caso de incendio = fire regulations.* peligro de incendio = fire risk, fire hazard.* póliza de seguros contra incendios = fire insurance policy.* propenso a los incendios = fire-prone.* protección contra incendios = fire protection.* riesgo de incendio = fire risk, fire hazard.* salida de incendios = fire exit.* seguridad contra incendios = fire security, fire safety.* señal de aviso de incendio = fire warning.* simulacro de incendio = fire drill.* sistema de extinción de incendios mediante rociadores de agua = water sprinkler fire extinguishing system.* sistema de extinción de incendios = fire extinguishing system.* sistema de extinción de incendios mediante gas halón = halon gas fire extinguishing system.* tareas de extinción de incendios = fire-fighting.* tormenta causada por un incendio = firestorm [fire storm].* * *fireel incendio fue provocado the fire was started deliberately[ S ] peligro de incendio fire hazardCompuestos:forest firearson attack* * *
Del verbo incendiar: ( conjugate incendiar)
incendio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
incendió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
incendiar
incendio
incendiar ( conjugate incendiar) verbo transitivo
‹ coche› to burn;
‹pueblo/bosque› to burn … to the ground
incendiarse verbo pronominal
incendio sustantivo masculino
fire;
incendiar verbo transitivo to set fire to, to set alight
incendio sustantivo masculino fire
incendio forestal, forest fire
incendio provocado, arson
' incendio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
causante
- conato
- desgracia
- localizar
- peligro
- provocar
- que
- reducir
- responsable
- simulacro
- sofocar
- atajar
- caso
- controlar
- creer
- declarar
- foco
- humo
- manga
- originar
- salvar
- voraz
English:
arson
- blaze
- conflagration
- fire
- fire drill
- fire hydrant
- gut
- hydrant
- inferno
- intentionally
- rage
- spread
- start
- suspect
* * *incendio nmfire;peligro de incendio [en letrero] fire hazardincendio forestal forest fire;incendio provocado: [m5] fue un incendio provocado it was a case of arson* * *m fire* * *incendio nm1) : fire2)incendio premeditado : arson* * *incendio n fire -
4 incendio provocado
m.fire-raising, arson.* * ** * *(n.) = arson attack, arson, arson fireEx. The article discusses the use of the public library by the children at Princess Anne High School after the school library had been destroyed in an arson attack.Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.Ex. In August, 1992, during a 2 week hiatus between summer school and fall semester, the library suffered an arson fire.* * ** * *(n.) = arson attack, arson, arson fireEx: The article discusses the use of the public library by the children at Princess Anne High School after the school library had been destroyed in an arson attack.
Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.Ex: In August, 1992, during a 2 week hiatus between summer school and fall semester, the library suffered an arson fire.* * *arson attack -
5 incendio premeditado
m.arson, fire-raising, incendiarism.* * *(n.) = arson attack, arson, arson fireEx. The article discusses the use of the public library by the children at Princess Anne High School after the school library had been destroyed in an arson attack.Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.Ex. In August, 1992, during a 2 week hiatus between summer school and fall semester, the library suffered an arson fire.* * *(n.) = arson attack, arson, arson fireEx: The article discusses the use of the public library by the children at Princess Anne High School after the school library had been destroyed in an arson attack.
Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.Ex: In August, 1992, during a 2 week hiatus between summer school and fall semester, the library suffered an arson fire. -
6 autocaravana
f.1 motor home. (peninsular Spanish)2 camper van, camping van.3 camping ground.* * *SF camper, motor home (EEUU), camping vehicle* * *= motorhome [motor home], recreational vehicle (RV), camper van.Ex. The case of an arson fire that destroyed a house trailer and motorhome in Forestburg has been finally cracked.Ex. The California Lemon Law act applies not only to defective cars (or 'lemons') but recreational vehicles as well.Ex. Because camper vans are sold in reasonable small numbers they are not mass produced and so prices are high.----* carrocería de autocaravana = camper shell.* * *= motorhome [motor home], recreational vehicle (RV), camper van.Ex: The case of an arson fire that destroyed a house trailer and motorhome in Forestburg has been finally cracked.
Ex: The California Lemon Law act applies not only to defective cars (or 'lemons') but recreational vehicles as well.Ex: Because camper vans are sold in reasonable small numbers they are not mass produced and so prices are high.* carrocería de autocaravana = camper shell.* * *camper,, camper van* * *autocaravana nfEsp [vehículo] motor home, US RV* * *f camper van -
7 resolver un caso
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8 rulot
f.caravan (British), trailer (United States).m.caravan.* * *► nombre femenino (pl rulots)1 caravan* * *femenino (Esp) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE)* * *= house trailer, caravan.Ex. The case of an arson fire that destroyed a house trailer and motorhome in Forestburg has been finally cracked.Ex. The same authority also experimented for a number of years with a mobile consumer advice caravan which travelled a fortnightly rota of small market towns = El mismo organismo responsable también experimentó durante varios años con una caravana ambulante de información al consumidor que recorría las poblaciones con mercado ambulante quincenalmente.* * *femenino (Esp) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE)* * *= house trailer, caravan.Ex: The case of an arson fire that destroyed a house trailer and motorhome in Forestburg has been finally cracked.
Ex: The same authority also experimented for a number of years with a mobile consumer advice caravan which travelled a fortnightly rota of small market towns = El mismo organismo responsable también experimentó durante varios años con una caravana ambulante de información al consumidor que recorría las poblaciones con mercado ambulante quincenalmente.* * *( Esp)* * *
rulot sustantivo femenino (Esp) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE)
' rulot' also found in these entries:
English:
caravan
- trailer
* * *Br caravan, US trailer -
9 caravana1
1 = caravan, house trailer.Ex. The same authority also experimented for a number of years with a mobile consumer advice caravan which travelled a fortnightly rota of small market towns = El mismo organismo responsable también experimentó durante varios años con una caravana ambulante de información al consumidor que recorría las poblaciones con mercado ambulante quincenalmente.Ex. The case of an arson fire that destroyed a house trailer and motorhome in Forestburg has been finally cracked.----* camping para caravanas = caravan site.* caravana fija = mobile home. -
10 caravana
f.1 caravan (British), trailer (United States).2 caravan.3 tailback (British), backup (United States) (of cars).4 trailer, camper, van, mobile home.5 earring.6 reverence, bow.7 group of travelers journeying through the desert.8 camping ground.* * *1 (expedición) caravan2 (atasco) traffic jam, tailback3 (remolque) caravan, US trailer* * *noun f.1) convoy2) caravan3) trailer* * *SF1) (Aut) [de camiones, coches] convoy; (=atasco) tailback, line of traffic (EEUU)las caravanas que se forman en el camino de la playa — the tailbacks of traffic heading for the beach
2) (=remolque) caravan, trailer (EEUU)3) ( Hist) caravan4) Caribe (=trampa) bird trap5) Méx (=cortesía) flattering remark, complimentbailar o correr o hacer la caravana a algn — to overdo the compliments with sb
* * *1)a) ( de tráfico - retención) backup (AmE) tailback (BrE); (- hilera) convoyhabía una gran caravana a la entrada de la ciudad — there was a huge backup (AmE) o (BrE) tailback on the approach to the city
b) ( remolque) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE)2) (Méx) ( reverencia) bowhacer caravana con sombrero ajeno — (fam) to claim credit for somebody else's achievements
* * *1)a) ( de tráfico - retención) backup (AmE) tailback (BrE); (- hilera) convoyhabía una gran caravana a la entrada de la ciudad — there was a huge backup (AmE) o (BrE) tailback on the approach to the city
b) ( remolque) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE)2) (Méx) ( reverencia) bowhacer caravana con sombrero ajeno — (fam) to claim credit for somebody else's achievements
* * *caravana11 = caravan, house trailer.Ex: The same authority also experimented for a number of years with a mobile consumer advice caravan which travelled a fortnightly rota of small market towns = El mismo organismo responsable también experimentó durante varios años con una caravana ambulante de información al consumidor que recorría las poblaciones con mercado ambulante quincenalmente.
Ex: The case of an arson fire that destroyed a house trailer and motorhome in Forestburg has been finally cracked.* camping para caravanas = caravan site.* caravana fija = mobile home.caravana22 = convoy, caravan.Ex: In order to execute this mammoth task, the route to the theatre was completely cleared immediately before the convoy set off.
Ex: Shipments of these goods arrive on caravans that travel on moonless nights to evade the searchlights of low-flying helicopters.* caravana de tráfico = tailback.* ir en caravana = go in + (a) convoy.* ruta de caravanas = caravan route.* * *Afuimos en caravana por la carretera we drove along in (a) convoyhabía una gran caravana a la entrada de la ciudad there was a huge backup ( AmE) o ( BrE) tailback on the approach to the cityuna larga caravana siguió al equipo desde el aeropuerto a long motorcade followed the team from the airportB (Ur) (pendiente) earringC ( Méx) (reverencia) bow* * *
caravana sustantivo femenino
1
(— hilera) convoy;
2 (Méx) ( reverencia) bow
caravana sustantivo femenino
1 (de camellos) caravan
(de coches en carretera) tailback, US backup
2 (remolque, roulotte) caravan
' caravana' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrastrar
English:
camper
- caravan
- pull
- RV
- tail back
- tailback
- traffic jam
- ear
- mobile
- tail
- trailer
* * *caravana nf1. [remolque] Br caravan, US trailer2. [de camellos] caravan;[de carromatos] wagon train;la caravana presidencial the presidential motorcade;una caravana humanitaria an aid convoy3. [atasco] Br tailback, US backup;* * *f1 ( remolque) trailer, Brcaravan2 de tráfico traffic jam, Brqueue of traffic3 Méx ( reverencia) bow* * *caravana nf1) : caravan2) : convoy, motorcade3) remolque: trailer* * *caravana n1. (remolque) caravan2. (atasco) traffic jam -
11 provocar
v.1 to provoke.El golpe provocó su muerte The blow brought about her death.Sus comentarios provocaron al borracho His comments provoked the drunk.2 to cause, to bring about (causar) (accidente, muerte).provocar las iras de alguien to anger somebodyprovocó las risas de todos he made everyone laughel polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).* * *1 to provoke\provocar el parto to induce birth* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on3) [+ persona] [gen] to provoke; (=incitar) to rouse, stir up (to anger); (=tentar) to tempt, invite¡no me provoques! — don't start me!
provocar a algn a cólera o indignación — to rouse sb to fury
4) [sexualmente] to rouse2. VI1) LAm (=gustar, apetecer)¿te provoca un café? — would you like a coffee?, do you fancy a coffee?
¿qué le provoca? — what would you like?, what do you fancy?
no me provoca la idea — the idea doesn't appeal to me, I don't fancy the idea
-¿por qué no vas? -no me provoca — "why aren't you going?" - "I don't feel like it"
no me provoca estudiar hoy — I'm not in the mood for studying today, I don't feel like studying today
2) * (=vomitar) to be sick, throw up ** * *1.verbo transitivo1)b) (Med)provocar el parto — to induce labor*
las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea — the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on2.¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)
* * *= provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.Ex. 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.Ex. Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.----* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.* provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.* provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.* provocar escarnio = evoke + response.* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.* provocar la controversia = court + controversy.* provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.* provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.* provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.* provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.* provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.* provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.* provocar un debate = ignite + debate.* provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)b) (Med)provocar el parto — to induce labor*
las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea — the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on2.¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)
* * *= provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.Ex: 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.
Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.Ex: Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.* provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.* provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.* provocar escarnio = evoke + response.* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.* provocar la controversia = court + controversy.* provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.* provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.* provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.* provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.* provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.* provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.* provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.* provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.* provocar un debate = ignite + debate.* provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.* provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.* * *provocar [A2 ]vtA1 (causar, ocasionar) to causeun cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigaretteuna decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversyno se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire2 ( Med):provocar el parto to induce labor*las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reactionel antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodiesB ‹persona›1 (al enfado) to provoke2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on■ provocarvi( Andes) (apetecer): ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? ( BrE colloq)( refl):se disparó un tiro provocándose la muerte he shot (and killed) himself* * *
provocar ( conjugate provocar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ incendio› to start;
‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
‹ reacción› to cause
2 ‹ persona› ( al enfado) to provoke;
( sexualmente) to lead … on
verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( apetecer):◊ ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)
provocar verbo transitivo
1 (causar) to cause: su decisión fue provocada por..., his decision was prompted by..., provocar un incendio, to start a fire
2 (un parto, etc) to induce: tuvieron que provocarle el vómito, they had to make her vomit
3 (irritar, enfadar) to provoke: no lo provoques, don't provoke him
4 (la ira, etc) to rouse
(un aplauso) to provoke
5 (excitar el deseo sexual) to arouse, provoke
' provocar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
campanada
- desatar
- engendrar
- hacer
- motivar
- organizar
- pinchar
- chulear
- dar
- meter
- parto
- reclamo
- torear
English:
bait
- bring
- bring about
- bring on
- cause
- excite
- fight
- incur
- induce
- instigate
- invite
- prompt
- provoke
- raise
- rouse
- roust
- short-circuit
- spark off
- start
- stir up
- tease
- trigger
- disturbance
- draw
- elicit
- evoke
- short
- spark
- stir
- taunt
- whip
- wreck
* * *♦ vt1. [incitar] to provoke;¡no me provoques! don't provoke me!2. [causar] [accidente, muerte] to cause;[incendio, rebelión] to start; [sonrisa, burla] to elicit;una placa de hielo provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a sheet of black ice;provocar las iras de alguien to anger sb;provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh;el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze;su actitud me provoca más lástima que otra cosa her attitude makes me pity her more than anything else3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes♦ viCarib, Col, Méx Fam [apetecer]¿te provoca ir al cine? would you like to go to the movies?, Br do you fancy going to the cinema?;¿te provoca un vaso de vino? would you like a glass of wine?, Br do you fancy a glass of wine?;¿qué te provoca? what would you like to do?, Br what do you fancy doing?* * *v/t1 cause2 el enfado provoke3 sexualmente lead on4 parto induce5:¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?* * *provocar {72} vt1) causar: to provoke, to cause2) irritar: to provoke, to pique* * *provocar vb1. (en general) to cause2. (incendio) to start3. (una persona) to provoke -
12 incendiario
adj.incendiary.m.1 arsonist, firebug, pyromaniac, fire-raiser.2 rioter, mutineer, rebel.* * *► adjetivo1 (bomba) incendiary► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 arsonist* * *incendiario, -a1. ADJ1) [bomba, mecanismo] incendiary2) [discurso, escrito] inflammatory2.SM / F fire-raiser, arsonistincendiario/a de la guerra — warmonger
* * *I- ria adjetivoa) < proyectil> incendiary (before n)b) <discurso/palabras> inflammatory, incendiary (frml)II- ria masculino, femenino arsonist* * *= incendiary, arsonist, inflammatory.Ex. She wrote a paper with the title ' Incendiary guilt: when your labels go up in smoke'.Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.Ex. This defense, needless to say, proved more inflammatory than the original doctrines for which he was charged, and was published posthumously in 1688.----* bomba incendiaria = incendiary device, incendiary bomb.* * *I- ria adjetivoa) < proyectil> incendiary (before n)b) <discurso/palabras> inflammatory, incendiary (frml)II- ria masculino, femenino arsonist* * *= incendiary, arsonist, inflammatory.Ex: She wrote a paper with the title ' Incendiary guilt: when your labels go up in smoke'.
Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.Ex: This defense, needless to say, proved more inflammatory than the original doctrines for which he was charged, and was published posthumously in 1688.* bomba incendiaria = incendiary device, incendiary bomb.* * *1 ‹proyectil› incendiary ( before n)2 ‹discurso/palabras› inflammatory, incendiary ( frml)masculine, femininearsonist* * *
incendiario◊ - ria sustantivo masculino, femenino
arsonist
incendiario,-a
I adjetivo
1 incendiary
bomba incendiaria, incendiary bomb
2 fig (artículo, eslogan, palabras) inflammatory
II m,f (persona) arsonist
' incendiario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
incendiaria
English:
incendiary
- arsonist
* * *incendiario, -a♦ adj1. [bomba] incendiary2. [artículo, libro] inflammatory♦ nm,farsonist, fire-raiser* * *I adj incendiary; figinflammatoryII m, incendiaria f arsonist* * *incendiario, - ria adj: incendiary, inflammatoryincendiario, - ria n: arsonist -
13 conato
m.1 attempt.conato de robo attempted robberyun conato de incendio the beginnings of a fire2 effort, endeavor, endeavour.3 intention, purpose.4 attempted crime, attempt.* * *1 (intento) attempt2 (principio) beginnings plural, start* * *SM1) (=intento) attempt2) frm (=esfuerzo)* * *varios conatos de violencia — several small o minor outbreaks of violence
* * *varios conatos de violencia — several small o minor outbreaks of violence
* * *tuvo que sofocar varios conatos de rebelión he had to put down several attempted uprisingsvarios conatos de violencia several small o minor outbreaks of violencehubo un conato de incendio there was a small fire which came to nothinghubo varios conatos de enfrentamientos there were several minor skirmishes o incidents* * *
conato sustantivo masculino attempt
un conato de incendio, an attempted arson
* * *conato nmattempt;un conato de incendio the beginnings of a fire;un conato de robo an attempted robbery;hubo un conato de golpe de estado there was a failed coup attempt* * *m:conato de violencia minor outbreak of violence;conato de incendio small fire* * *conato nm: attempt, effortconato de robo: attempted robbery -
14 pirómano
adj.pyromaniacal.m.pyromaniac, fire-raiser, arsonist.* * *► adjetivo1 pyromaniacal► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 pyromaniac* * *pirómano, -aSM / F pyromaniac* * *- na masculino, femenino pyromaniac* * *= arsonist.Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.* * *- na masculino, femenino pyromaniac* * *= arsonist.Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
* * *pirómano -namasculine, femininepyromaniac* * *
pirómano◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino
pyromaniac
pirómano,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino pyromaniac, arsonist
' pirómano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pirómana
English:
pyromaniac
- arsonist
* * *pirómano, -a♦ adjpyromaniacal♦ nm,fpyromaniac* * *I adj MED pyromaniac* * *pirómano, -na n: pyromaniac -
15 provocar un incendio
(con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire -
16 fuego intencional
m.intentional fire, arson.
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