acender

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to light (to set fire to)
  2. (intransitive) to light up; to catch fire
  3. (transitive) to turn on (to activate a source of light)
  4. (intransitive) to be turned on
  5. (figuratively, transitive) to give birth to (to create or start something that can’t be stopped)

Concepts

light
ignite
kindle
turn on
switch on
burn
strike
conflagrate

take fire

give
inflame
donate
catch fire
grant
heat
impart
leave
open
open up
pass
provide
quit
revolve
accord
spare
spark
spend
stir up
turn
turn around
turn round
unlock
🔓
wake
whirl
yield
combust

great heat

set on fire
administer
afford
alight
allow
clear
confer
emerge
enkindle
erupt
exit
fire up
go out
Opposite of
apagar, desligar
Synonyms

ligar
A2
🔗
atear
27k
tacar
🦇
incendiar
C2
ministrar

pôr fogo

queimar
B2
rodar
C1
sair
A1

começar a queimar

dar
A1
entregar
B1

fazer passar

voltear
volver
27k
tornear
transformar
B2
virar
B1
voltar
A1
iluminar
C2
abrir
A2
Translations

allumer
aansteken
accendere
anzünden
encender
encendre
enflammer

aandraaien

inschakelen
schakelen
aandoen

ανάβω

entfachen
endollar
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.sẽˈde(ʁ)/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
Latin
accendo
In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acender, from Latin accendere (“to kindle or light a fire”).

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