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

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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.
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.
Él se duerme con las luces prendidas. He goes to sleep with the lights left on.
¿Te importa si prendo la radio? Do you mind my turning on the radio?
El papel se prende fácil. Paper catches fire easily.
Hacía frío, así que prendimos una fogata. It was cold, so we lit a fire.
Hace mucho calor. ¿Prendo el acondicionador de aire? It's very warm. Shall I turn on the air conditioner?
La casa se prendió fuego. The house caught fire.
Aprieta el botón verde y la luz se prende. Push the green button, and the light goes on.
La cortina se prendió en llamas. The curtain caught on fire.
No te vayas a dormir con la luz prendida. Don't go to sleep with the light on.
En la noche no prendo la luz en mi estudio. I don't switch on the light in my studio at night.
Creo que esta lámpara tiene un corto porque la luz se prende sólo si meneo el cable. I think this lamp has a short because the light comes on only if I jiggle the cord.
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.
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