Usage examples of "prender fuego" in Spanish with translation to English

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Él prendió fuego a su propia casa. He set fire to his own house.
La casa se prendió fuego. The house caught fire.
Tom le prendió fuego a la casa de Mary. Tom set fire to Mary's house.
Cómo el no tenía un modo de prender fuego, él se comió el pescado crudo. As he had no way of making fire, he ate the fish raw.
Tom se quedó sin fósforos así que no pudo prender el fuego. Tom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.
Ah, se empezaron a prender las luces de la calle. Oh, the streetlights have turned on.
Tom está apagando el fuego. Tom is extinguishing the fire.
¿Puedes prender la luz? Will you turn on the light?
¡No puedo extinguir este fuego sin ayuda! ¡Vengan a ayudarme! I cannot put this fire out without help! Come to help me!
¿Puedes prender el televisor? Will you turn on the TV?
Tom arrojó otro leño al fuego. Tom threw another log on the fire.
¿Puedo prender el televisor? May I turn on the television?
El fuego derribó la puerta. The fire knocked down the door.
No tengo ganas de hacer nada y no me voy a levantar a prender el ventilador. I don't feel like doing anything, and I'm not getting up to turn on the fan.
¡Mátalo con fuego! Kill it with fire!
Fuego traicionero, alivia mi tormento. Treacherous fire, relieve me from my torment.
¡Fuego! ¡Corred! Fire! Run!
Cuidado con el fuego en el bosque. Be careful with fire in the woods.
El fuego se salió de control. The fires got out of control.
El fuego consumió la casa entera The fire consumed the whole house.
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