Polyglot Dictionary

fuego

/ˈfweɣo/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los fuegos

Meaning

  1. fire

    • Enciende el fuego.

      Light the fire.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

lumbre

lumbre is more traditional or rural, like a hearth fire, or "dar lumbre," giving someone a light for a cigarette; fuego is the general word for "fire."

incendio

fuego is more general or positive, like a campfire or cooking fire; incendio specifically means a destructive fire, like a house fire or wildfire.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fogo

fogo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fire."

Portuguese

incêndio

incêndio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fire."

Practice

1 What does fuego mean?

2 Fill the gap: Enciende el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fuego?

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