Usage examples of "acender" in Portuguese with translation to English

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Você faria a gentileza de acender as luzes? Would you be so kind as to turn the light on?
Tom ficou sem fósforos, então não pôde acender o fogo. Tom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.
Por favor, acenda uma vela. Please light a candle.
Acenda a luz, por favor. Turn on the light, please.
Uma luz verde está acesa. A green light is on.
As luzes não estão acesas. The lights aren't on.
A luz estava acesa na sala. The light was on in the room.
Acenda a luz. Eu não consigo ver nada. Switch on the light. I can't see anything.
Tom deixou as luzes acesas a noite toda. Tom left the lights on all night.
Acender uma vela a Deus e duas ao diabo It's sometimes good to hold a candle to the devil
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