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  • 1 provocar voluntariamente un incendio

    • commit arson

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > provocar voluntariamente un incendio

  • 2 совершить поджог

    1) General subject: commit arson

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > совершить поджог

  • 3 legen

    I v/t
    1. lay; (bes. stellen, setzen) put; (hinstrecken) lay down; (flach hinlegen) lay flat; eine Tischdecke auf den Tisch legen spread ( oder put) a tablecloth on the table; Eier legen lay eggs; ein Tuch um die Schultern legen wrap a scarf around one’s shoulders; jemandem den Arm um die Schultern legen put one’s arm (a)round s.o.’s shoulders; sich (Dat) die Haare legen lassen have a set (Am. perm oder permanent); den Kopf legen an (+ Akk) rest one’s head against
    2. (Teppich) put down, lay; (Kabel etc.) lay
    3. (Bombe) plant, (Mine) lay; Feuer legen an (+ Akk) set fire to; einen Brand legen start a fire, commit arson
    4. Sl., beim Ringen: jemanden legen pin s.o. to the floor; beim Fußball etc.: floor s.o.; beiseite, Hand1, Handwerk 3 etc.
    II v/refl
    1. lie down; sich schlafen oder ins Bett legen go to bed; sich auf etw. (+ Akk) legen Mensch, Tier: lie on s.th.; Staub, Nebel etc.: settle on s.th.; sich aufs Gemüt legen fig. get one down, be depressing
    2. fig. (nachlassen) Sturm, Wind, Lärm, auch Begeisterung, Aufregung etc.: die down; Skandal, Streit etc.: blow over; Spannung: ease off; Schmerz: ease; völlig: go away
    3. fig.: sich legen auf (+ Akk) (eine Tätigkeit) take up; (ein bestimmtes Fach) specialize in
    III v/i Huhn etc.: lay (eggs)
    * * *
    das Legen
    siting
    * * *
    le|gen ['leːgn]
    1. vt
    1) (= lagern) to lay down; (mit adv) to lay; Flasche etc to lay on its side; (= zusammenlegen) Wäsche to fold; (dial) Kartoffeln etc to plant, to put in; (SPORT) to bring down
    2) (mit Raumangabe) to put, to place

    wir müssen uns ein paar Flaschen Wein in den Keller légen — we must lay down a few bottles of wine

    etw in Essig etc légen — to preserve sth in vinegar etc

    ein Tier an die Kette légen — to chain an animal (up)

    jdn in Ketten or Fesseln légen — to put sb in chains, to chain sb; (fig hum) to (en)snare sb

    3)

    (mit Angabe des Zustandes) etw in Falten légen — to fold sth

    er legte die Stirn in Falten — he frowned, he creased his brow

    eine Stadt in Schutt und Asche légen — to reduce a town to rubble

    4) (= verlegen) Fliesen, Leitungen, Schienen, Minen etc to lay, to put down; Bomben to plant

    Feuer or einen Brand légen — to start a fire

    die Haare légen lassen — to have one's hair set

    Dauerwellen etc légen lassen — to have a perm etc, to have one's hair permed etc

    5) (Huhn) Eier to lay
    2. vi
    (Huhn) to lay
    3. vr
    1) (= hinlegen) to lie down (
    auf +acc on)

    zu Bett légen — to go to bed, to retire (form)

    sich in die Sonne légen —

    leg dich! (zum Hund) — lie down!

    See:
    2) (mit Ortsangabe)(=niederlegen Nebel, Rauch) to settle (
    auf +acc on)

    sich auf die Seite légen — to lie on one's side; (Boot) to heel over, to go over onto its side

    sich in die Kurve légen —

    sich auf ein Spezialgebiet légen — to concentrate on or specialize in a particular field

    3) (= abnehmen) (Lärm) to die down, to abate; (Sturm, Wind auch, Kälte) to let up; (Rauch, Nebel) to clear; (Zorn, Begeisterung auch, Arroganz, Nervosität) to wear off; (Anfangsschwierigkeiten) to sort themselves out

    das Fieber legt sich bald — his/her etc temperature will come down soon

    * * *
    1) set
    2) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) lay
    3) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) lay
    4) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) lay
    5) (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) lay
    6) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) set
    * * *
    le·gen
    [ˈle:gn̩]
    I. vt
    1. (waagerecht stellen)
    ▪ etw \legen to put [or place] sth on its side
    ▪ jdn \legen to put sb in a lying position; Ringer to throw sb; SPORT (sl: foulen) to bring down sb sep
    man legte sie zu ihrem Mann ins Grab she was laid to rest beside her husband
    jdn auf den Rücken \legen to put [or place] sb on their back
    ▪ etw an etw akk \legen to place [or lean] sth against sth
    4. (hintun)
    ▪ etw irgendwohin \legen to put sth somewhere
    er legte den Kopf an ihre Schulter he leaned his head on her shoulder
    die Betonung auf ein Wort \legen to stress a word
    jdm eine Binde/die Hände vor die Augen \legen to blindfold sb/to put one's hands over sb's eyes
    viel Gefühl in etw akk \legen to put great feeling into sth
    sie legt viel Gefühl in ihr Geigenspiel she plays violin with great feeling
    die Hand an den Hut/die Stirn \legen (begrüßen) to touch one's hat/forehead
    etw aus der Hand \legen to put down sth sep
    den Riegel vor die Tür \legen to bolt the door
    sich dat einen Schal um den Hals \legen to wrap a scarf around one's neck
    ▪ jdn irgendwohin \legen:
    sie legte ihren Sohn an die Brust she breastfed her son
    5. (bringen)
    ▪ jdn/etw irgendwohin \legen to bring/take sb/sth somewhere; Patient to move [or transfer] sb somewhere; s.a. Kante
    ▪ etw \legen to lay sth; Falle a. to set sth; Antenne to install sth
    den Hund an die Kette \legen to put the dog on the chain
    8. ORN
    ein Ei \legen Vogel to lay an egg
    etw \legen to plant sth
    die Keime einer S. gen [o von etw dat] \legen (fig) to sow the seeds of sth
    ▪ etw in etw akk \legen to preserve sth in sth
    11. (falten)
    ▪ etw \legen to fold sth
    etw in Falten \legen to fold sth
    das Gesicht/die Stirn in Falten \legen to frown
    sich dat die Haare \legen lassen to have one's hair set
    II. vr
    1. (liegen)
    ▪ sich akk \legen to lie down
    leg dich! (an Hund) lie!
    sich akk ins [o zu] Bett \legen to go to bed
    sich akk in die Sonne/auf den Rücken \legen to lie down in the sun/on one's back
    ▪ sich akk zu jdm \legen to lie down next to sb
    2. (lehnen)
    ▪ sich akk irgendwohin \legen:
    der Radfahrer legte sich in die Kurve the cyclist leaned into the bend
    sie legte sich mit den Ellbogen auf den Tisch she leaned her elbows on the table
    sich akk ins Fenster \legen to lean out of the window
    sich akk auf die Seite \legen to lean to one [or the] side; Schiff a. to list; (kentern) to capsize, to keel over; Flugzeug to bank
    3. (decken)
    ▪ sich akk auf [o über] etw akk \legen Nebel to descend [or settle] on sth; Schnee to blanket sth; Licht to flood sth
    dichter Bodennebel legte sich auf die Straße thick fog formed in the street
    4. (schaden)
    ▪ sich akk auf etw akk \legen to affect sth; Krankheit a. to spread to sth
    5. DIAL (Bett hüten)
    ▪ sich akk \legen to stay in [or old keep] one's bed
    ▪ sich akk \legen Aufregung to die down, to subside; Begeisterung to subside, to wear off, to fade; Lärm to abate, to die down; Nebel to lift; Schmerzen to disappear, to wear off; Wind, Regen to subside, to abate, to die down; Wut to abate, to subside
    ihre Trauer wird sich \legen they'll get over their grief
    es wird sich [bald wieder] \legen it'll [soon] pass
    7. (widmen)
    ▪ sich akk auf etw akk \legen to concentrate on sth
    III. vi to lay
    IV. vb aux
    jdn schlafen \legen to put sb to bed; Baby a. to put down sb sep
    sich akk schlafen \legen to get some sleep, esp BRIT also to have a lie-down
    sich akk sterben \legen to lie down and die
    * * *
    1.
    1) lay [down]

    jemanden auf den Rücken legen — lay somebody on his/her back

    etwas aus der Hand/beiseite legen — put something down/aside or down

    2) (verlegen) lay <pipe, cable, railway track, carpet, tiles, etc.>

    sich (Dat.) die Haare legen lassen — have one's hair set; s. auch Falte 3)

    4) (schräg hinstellen) lean

    etwas an etwas (Akk.) legen — lean something [up] against something

    2.
    transitives, intransitives Verb < hen> lay
    3.

    sich auf etwas (Akk.) legen — lie down on something

    das Schiff/Flugzeug legte sich auf die Seite — the ship keeled over/the aircraft banked steeply

    sich in die Kurve legen — lean into the bend; s. auch Bett 1); Ohr 2)

    2) (nachlassen) < wind, storm> die down, abate, subside; < noise> die down, abate; < enthusiasm> wear off, subside, fade; < anger> abate, subside; < excitement> die down, subside

    sich auf od. über etwas (Akk.) legen — < mist, fog> descend or settle on something, [come down and] blanket something

    * * *
    A. v/t
    1. lay; (besonders stellen, setzen) put; (hinstrecken) lay down; (flach hinlegen) lay flat;
    eine Tischdecke auf den Tisch legen spread ( oder put) a tablecloth on the table;
    Eier legen lay eggs;
    ein Tuch um die Schultern legen wrap a scarf around one’s shoulders;
    jemandem den Arm um die Schultern legen put one’s arm (a)round sb’s shoulders;
    sich (dat)
    die Haare legen lassen have a set (US perm oder permanent);
    den Kopf legen an (+akk) rest one’s head against
    2. (Teppich) put down, lay; (Kabel etc) lay
    3. (Bombe) plant, (Mine) lay;
    Feuer legen an (+akk) set fire to;
    einen Brand legen start a fire, commit arson
    4. sl, beim Ringen:
    jemanden legen pin sb to the floor; beim Fußball etc: floor sb; → Hand1, Handwerk 3 etc
    B. v/r
    1. lie down;
    ins Bett legen go to bed;
    legen Mensch, Tier: lie on sth; Staub, Nebel etc: settle on sth;
    sich aufs Gemüt legen fig get one down, be depressing
    2. fig (nachlassen) Sturm, Wind, Lärm, auch Begeisterung, Aufregung etc: die down; Skandal, Streit etc: blow over; Spannung: ease off; Schmerz: ease; völlig: go away
    3. fig:
    sich legen auf (+akk) (eine Tätigkeit) take up; (ein bestimmtes Fach) specialize in
    C. v/i Huhn etc: lay (eggs)
    * * *
    1.
    1) lay [down]

    jemanden auf den Rücken legen — lay somebody on his/her back

    etwas aus der Hand/beiseite legen — put something down/aside or down

    2) (verlegen) lay <pipe, cable, railway track, carpet, tiles, etc.>

    sich (Dat.) die Haare legen lassen — have one's hair set; s. auch Falte 3)

    etwas an etwas (Akk.) legen — lean something [up] against something

    2.
    transitives, intransitives Verb < hen> lay
    3.

    sich auf etwas (Akk.) legen — lie down on something

    das Schiff/Flugzeug legte sich auf die Seite — the ship keeled over/the aircraft banked steeply

    sich in die Kurve legen — lean into the bend; s. auch Bett 1); Ohr 2)

    2) (nachlassen) <wind, storm> die down, abate, subside; < noise> die down, abate; < enthusiasm> wear off, subside, fade; < anger> abate, subside; < excitement> die down, subside

    sich auf od. über etwas (Akk.) legen — <mist, fog> descend or settle on something, [come down and] blanket something

    * * *
    -- n.
    placement n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > legen

  • 4 Brandstifter

    Brandstifter
    incendiarist, arsonist, fire raiser (Scot.), firebug (US coll.);
    • Brandstiftung house-burning, fire-raising (Scot.), incendiarism, arson;
    • Brandstiftung begehen to commit arson;
    • Brandverhütung precautions against fire, fire prevention;
    • Brandversicherung fire insurance;
    • Brandversicherungsgesellschaft fire-insurance company;
    • Brandversicherungspolice fire policy (Br.);
    • Brandversicherungsregulierung fire-insurance loss adjustment.

    Business german-english dictionary > Brandstifter

  • 5 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 somebody
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze
    3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to provoke
    \
    provocar el parto to induce birth
    provocar un incendio (con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote
    2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on
    3) [+ 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 rouse
    2. VI
    1) 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 transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿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 transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿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 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (causar, ocasionar) to cause
    un cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigarette
    una decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversy
    no se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire
    2 ( Med):
    provocar el parto to induce labor*
    las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
    el antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodies
    B ‹persona›
    1 (al enfado) to provoke
    2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on
    ■ provocar
    vi
    ( 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
    a) ‹ explosión› to cause;

    ‹ incendio› to start;
    ‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
    ‹ reacción› to cause
    b) (Med) ‹ parto› to induce

    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
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [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;
    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 else
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;
    le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes
    ♦ vi
    Carib, 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/t
    1 cause
    2 el enfado provoke
    3 sexualmente lead on
    4 parto induce
    5
    :
    ¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?
    * * *
    provocar {72} vt
    1) causar: to provoke, to cause
    2) irritar: to provoke, to pique
    * * *
    1. (en general) to cause
    2. (incendio) to start
    3. (una persona) to provoke

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocar

  • 6 podpale|nie

    Ⅰ sv ⇒ podpalić Ⅱ n arson, fire-raising GB
    - na wiosnę plagą są podpalenia suchych łąk burning dry meadows is a plague in the spring

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > podpale|nie

  • 7 П-132

    ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ (ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ ПОДПУСТИТЬ) (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА (кому, по чему, на что) coll VP subj: human to commit arson
    X пустил красного петуха Y-y = X put Y's house ( Y's estate etc) to the torch
    X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc) X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire X put a match (a light) to Y% house ( Y's estate etc)
    X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) - X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch
    X set fire to the village (the estate etc) X set the village (the estate etc) on fire X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
    Лежал (на кладбище) прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за «красного петуха», подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here (in the cemetery) lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
    «Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?» Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: «Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?» (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-132

  • 8 подпускать красного петуха

    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ПОДПУСТИТЬ> (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА( кому, по чему, на что) coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to commit arson:
    - X пустил красного петуха Y-y ≈ X put Y's house (Y's estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc);
    - X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to Y's house (Y's estate etc);
    || X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) ≈ X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to the village (the estate etc);
    - X set the village (the estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
         ♦ Лежал [на кладбище] прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за "красного петуха", подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here [in the cemetery] lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
         ♦ "Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?" Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: "Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?" (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подпускать красного петуха

  • 9 подпускать петуха

    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ПОДПУСТИТЬ> (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА( кому, по чему, на что) coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to commit arson:
    - X пустил красного петуха Y-y ≈ X put Y's house (Y's estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc);
    - X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to Y's house (Y's estate etc);
    || X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) ≈ X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to the village (the estate etc);
    - X set the village (the estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
         ♦ Лежал [на кладбище] прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за "красного петуха", подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here [in the cemetery] lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
         ♦ "Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?" Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: "Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?" (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подпускать петуха

  • 10 подпустить красного петуха

    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ПОДПУСТИТЬ> (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА( кому, по чему, на что) coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to commit arson:
    - X пустил красного петуха Y-y ≈ X put Y's house (Y's estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc);
    - X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to Y's house (Y's estate etc);
    || X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) ≈ X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to the village (the estate etc);
    - X set the village (the estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
         ♦ Лежал [на кладбище] прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за "красного петуха", подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here [in the cemetery] lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
         ♦ "Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?" Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: "Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?" (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подпустить красного петуха

  • 11 подпустить петуха

    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ПОДПУСТИТЬ> (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА( кому, по чему, на что) coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to commit arson:
    - X пустил красного петуха Y-y ≈ X put Y's house (Y's estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc);
    - X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to Y's house (Y's estate etc);
    || X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) ≈ X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to the village (the estate etc);
    - X set the village (the estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
         ♦ Лежал [на кладбище] прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за "красного петуха", подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here [in the cemetery] lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
         ♦ "Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?" Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: "Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?" (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > подпустить петуха

  • 12 пускать красного петуха

    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ПОДПУСТИТЬ> (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА( кому, по чему, на что) coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to commit arson:
    - X пустил красного петуха Y-y ≈ X put Y's house (Y's estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc);
    - X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to Y's house (Y's estate etc);
    || X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) ≈ X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to the village (the estate etc);
    - X set the village (the estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
         ♦ Лежал [на кладбище] прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за "красного петуха", подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here [in the cemetery] lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
         ♦ "Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?" Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: "Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?" (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).

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  • 13 пускать петуха

    I
    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ПОДПУСТИТЬ> (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА( кому, по чему, на что) coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to commit arson:
    - X пустил красного петуха Y-y ≈ X put Y's house (Y's estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc);
    - X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to Y's house (Y's estate etc);
    || X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) ≈ X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to the village (the estate etc);
    - X set the village (the estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
         ♦ Лежал [на кладбище] прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за "красного петуха", подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here [in the cemetery] lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
         ♦ "Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?" Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: "Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?" (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).
    II
    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ> ПЕТУХА coll
    [VP; subj: human or голос (var. with давать/дать only); more often pfV]
    =====
    ⇒ having strained one's vocal cords on a high note (while singing, shouting, or speaking in a high voice), to emit a squeaking sound:
    - X пустил петуха≈ X's voice broke (cracked);
    - X let out a squeak.
         ♦...На более высокой и пронзительной ноте брала она следующий куплет песни, и казалось, сейчас сорвётся и даст петуха, но не срывалась (Войнович 4).... At the highest and most piercing note she began the second couplet of the song and it seemed that any moment her voice would catch and break, but it did not (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пускать петуха

  • 14 пустить красного петуха

    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ПОДПУСТИТЬ> (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА( кому, по чему, на что) coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to commit arson:
    - X пустил красного петуха Y-y ≈ X put Y's house (Y's estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc);
    - X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to Y's house (Y's estate etc);
    || X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) ≈ X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to the village (the estate etc);
    - X set the village (the estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
         ♦ Лежал [на кладбище] прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за "красного петуха", подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here [in the cemetery] lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
         ♦ "Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?" Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: "Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?" (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).

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  • 15 пустить петуха

    I
    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ПОДПУСКАТЬ/ПОДПУСТИТЬ> (КРАСНОГО) ПЕТУХА( кому, по чему, на что) coll
    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    ⇒ to commit arson:
    - X пустил красного петуха Y-y ≈ X put Y's house (Y's estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to Y's house ( Y's estate etc);
    - X set Y's house (Y's estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to Y's house (Y's estate etc);
    || X пустил красного петуха по деревне (по поместью и т. п.) ≈ X put the village (the estate etc) to the torch;
    - X set fire to the village (the estate etc);
    - X set the village (the estate etc) on fire;
    - X put a match (a light) to the village (the estate etc).
         ♦ Лежал [на кладбище] прадед Ардабьева, сосланный когда-то со Владимирщины за "красного петуха", подпущенного помещику (Евтушенко 1). Here [in the cemetery] lay Ardabiev's great-grandfather, exiled at some time from Vladimir province for setting fire to his landlord's estate (1a).
         ♦ "Рас-сх-ходис-сь, говорю, с-слыш-шите?" Тогда в ответ резнуло криком: "Петуха, что ль, пустить по дачке, а?" (Федин 1). "Break it up, I say, d'you hear?" Then a shout in reply: "Well, maybe we'll put a light to the house, eh?" (1a).
    II
    • ПУСКАТЬ/ПУСТИТЬ <ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ> ПЕТУХА coll
    [VP; subj: human or голос (var. with давать/дать only); more often pfV]
    =====
    ⇒ having strained one's vocal cords on a high note (while singing, shouting, or speaking in a high voice), to emit a squeaking sound:
    - X пустил петуха≈ X's voice broke (cracked);
    - X let out a squeak.
         ♦...На более высокой и пронзительной ноте брала она следующий куплет песни, и казалось, сейчас сорвётся и даст петуха, но не срывалась (Войнович 4).... At the highest and most piercing note she began the second couplet of the song and it seemed that any moment her voice would catch and break, but it did not (4a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пустить петуха

  • 16 Brandstiftung begehen

    Brandstiftung begehen
    to commit arson

    Business german-english dictionary > Brandstiftung begehen

  • 17 pożar

    -ru, -ry; loc sg - rze; m
    * * *
    mi
    fire; wzniecić pożar ( przypadkowo) start l. cause a fire ( czegoś of sth); ( naumyślnie) set fire ( czegoś to sth); prawn. commit arson; ugasić pożar put out a fire, extinguish a fire; pożar namiętności przen. fire of passion.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > pożar

  • 18 provocar un incendio

    (con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocar un incendio

  • 19 brand stichten

    brand stichten

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > brand stichten

  • 20 brand

    1 [vertering door vuur] fire
    2 [geval van brand] fire ⇒ 〈 fel, uitslaand〉 blaze
    3 [problematische situatie] fix ⇒ scrape, predicament
    4 [het gloeien van lichaam(sdeel)] inflammation ⇒ burn(ing) 〈bij brandwond/zonnebrand〉
    ♦voorbeelden:
    1   er is gevaar voor brand • there is a fire hazard
         er is brand uitgebroken • a fire has started
         〈met betrekking tot sigaar/pijp〉 er de brand in steken • light up
         brand stichten • commit arson
         in brand staan • be on fire
         in brand raken/vliegen • catch fire, burst into flames; 〈 ontbranden〉 ignite
         iets in brand steken • set something on fire, set fire to something
         er is brand! • (there's a) fire!
    2   de brand is waarschijnlijk opzettelijk aangestoken • the fire was probably started on purpose
         brand meester • fire under control
    3   iemand uit de brand helpen • help someone out; bridge/tide someone over 〈 bij geldnood〉

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > brand

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