Španielčina | Angličtina |
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guardafuego noun {m} | fender [fenders](metal framework in front of a fireplace) |
huir del fuego para caer en las brasas preposition | out of the frying pan, into the fire(get from an already bad situation to a worse one) |
jugar con fuego verb | play with fire(put oneself in a precarious situation) |
matafuego noun {m} | fire extinguisher(device for putting out a fire) |
muro cortafuego noun {m} | firewall(fireproof barrier) |
no hay humo sin fuego phrase | no smoke without fire(gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact) |
pegar fuego verb | set fire(to light using fire) set on fire(cause to begin to burn) |
poner la mano en el fuego por verb | swear by(to wholeheartedly trust) |
prender fuego verb | set fire(to light using fire) set on fire(cause to begin to burn) |
prueba de fuego noun | acid test [acid tests](Rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth) crucible [crucibles](difficult and trying experience) |
prueba de fuego noun {f} | trial by fire(test in which a person is exposed to flames) |
prueba del fuego noun {f} | ordeal [ordeals](trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test) |
roble de Tierra del Fuego noun {m} | lenga beech(South American tree) |
sacar las castañas del fuego verb | pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire(do someone's difficult work) |
Tierra del Fuego proper noun {f} | Tierra del Fuego(archipelago between Chile and Argentina) |
triángulo del fuego noun {m} | fire trianglenoun |
¡fuego a discreción! phrase | fire at will(military command) |