prender fuego
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾenˌdeɾ ˈfweɡo/ [pɾẽn̪ˌd̪eɾ ˈfwe.ɣ̞o]
- Syllabification: pren‧der fue‧go
Verb
prender fuego (first-person singular present prendo fuego, first-person singular preterite prendí fuego, past participle prendido fuego)
- to set fire
- Synonyms: pegar fuego, prender en llamas, incendiar
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Further reading
- “prender fuego a algo o a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025