English translation of 'encender'
Verb Table
transitive verb
See also encenderse1. (= prender)
[fuego, cigarrillo] to light
[cerilla] to strike
[luz, radio] to turn on ⧫ switch on ⧫ put on
[gas] to light ⧫ turn on
(Computing) to toggle on ⧫ switch on
2. (= avivar)
[pasiones] to inflame
[entusiasmo] to arouse
[celos, odio] to awake
[guerra] to spark off
3. (Caribbean)
(= azotar) to beat
(= castigar) to punish
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Example Sentences Including 'encender'
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En la amplia repisa, nos pudimos meter en los sacos de dormir y hasta encender el pequeño hornillo para hacer una sopa y recuperar las mínimas energías imprescindibles.Horizontes verticales
Es verdad que si quisieran podrían encender la dinamita en el Congreso de los Diputados y hundir al Gobierno y a González.El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno (1994)
Nuestra película, lo único que ha hecho, ha sido encender una chispa, alimentar una curiosidad por lo que hace la gente joven, que ya existía en la sociedad ".El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno (1995)
O lo que es lo mismo: fuera de casa, sólo se podrá encender el cigarrilo en áreas especialmente acotadas, ventiladas e inspeccionadas por la autoridad pertinente.El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno (1994)
Qué sea y cómo un tejido metalingüístico puede encender pasiones a través de bofetadas es cosa que, sin duda, deben entender los gélidos pingüinos.El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno (1994)
Todos los días se levantaba muy temprano y nada más encender la cocína de carbón, se iba a misa.La higuera seca
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'encender' in Other Languages
British English: switch on
/swɪtʃ ɒn/ VERB
If you switch on an electrical device, you make it start working by operating a switch.
We switched on the radio.
- American English: switch on
- Arabic: يُشْغِلُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ligar
- Chinese: 开电源
- Croatian: uključiti
- Czech: zapnout
- Danish: tænde
- Dutch: inschakelen
- European Spanish: encender
- Finnish: kytkeä päälle
- French: allumer
- German: einschalten
- Greek: ανάβω μηχάνημα
- Italian: accendere
- Japanese: つける スイッチ
- Korean: 켜다
- Norwegian: slå på
- Polish: włączyć
- European Portuguese: ligar
- Romanian: a porni
- Russian: включать
- Spanish: encender
- Swedish: sätta på
- Thai: เปิดไฟ, เปิดสวิตช์
- Turkish: açmak
- Ukrainian: вмикати
- Vietnamese: bật
British English: turn on
/tɜːn ɒn/ VERB
When you turn on a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you cause heat, sound, or water to be produced by adjusting the controls.
She asked them why they hadn't turned the lights on.
- American English: turn on
- Arabic: يُشْعِلُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ligar
- Chinese: 开启
- Croatian: uključiti
- Czech: zapnout
- Danish: tænde
- Dutch: aanzetten inschakelen
- European Spanish: encender
- Finnish: kytkeä päälle
- French: allumer
- German: aufdrehen
- Greek: ανάβω μηχάνημα
- Italian: accendere
- Japanese: つける スイッチ
- Korean: 켜다
- Norwegian: slå på
- Polish: włączyć
- European Portuguese: ligar
- Romanian: a anclanșa
- Russian: включать
- Spanish: encender
- Swedish: sätta på
- Thai: เปิด
- Turkish: açmak musluk, ışık vb
- Ukrainian: вмикати
- Vietnamese: bật
British English: ignite VERB
When you ignite something or when it ignites, it starts burning or explodes.
The bombs ignited a fire which destroyed some 60 houses.
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