burn down in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for burn down in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.burn1 <pt & pp burned or burnt> [Am bərn, Brit bəːn] VB intr

II.burn1 <pt & pp burned or burnt> [Am bərn, Brit bəːn] VB trans

III.burn1 [Am bərn, Brit bəːn] N

See also oil, candle

I.oil [Am ɔɪl, Brit ɔɪl] N

candle [Am ˈkændl, Brit ˈkand(ə)l] N

burn2 [Am bərn, Brit bəːn] N region (stream)

I.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] ADV down often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back down, clamp down, tone down, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, clamp, tone, etc).

II.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] PREP

III.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] ADJ

IV.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N

See also burn down, fall down, cut down

I.burn down VB [Am bərn -, Brit bəːn -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.burn down VB [Am bərn -, Brit bəːn -] (v + adv)

fall down VB [Am fɔl -, Brit fɔːl -] (v + adv)

I.cut down VB [Am kət -, Brit kʌt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.cut down VB [Am kət -, Brit kʌt -] (v + adv) (make reductions)

down2 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N U

down3 <downs, pl> [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N esp Brit GEOG

burn down in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for burn down in the English»Spanish Dictionary

burn1 [bɜ:n, Am bɜ:rn] N Scot (stream)

I.burn2 <[or -ed]> [bɜ:n, Am bɜ:rn] burnt <[or -ed], burnt> burnt <[or -ed], burnt> VB intr

II.burn2 <[or -ed]> [bɜ:n, Am bɜ:rn] burnt <[or -ed], burnt> burnt <[or -ed], burnt> VB trans

III.burn2 [bɜ:n, Am bɜ:rn] burnt <[or -ed], burnt> burnt <[or -ed], burnt> N

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
As it did not consist of wood it did not burn down in 1945, but was only damaged and immediately repaired after the war.
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The club's members try their hardest to break the two apart, eventually causing their beloved clubhouse to burn down.
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Police use tear gas to disperse the peaceful protesters and burn down their tents in order to allow the bulldozing to continue.
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So, as time went on, they finally decided to burn down the original village and create a new one north of the church.
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She once even attempted to burn down a local factory warehouse.
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One by one, the accomplices to the plot to burn down the theatre were forced to confess in detail, to their crimes.
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Her father, seeing this, became so frustrated that he attempted to burn down the temple.
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However, burn down charts can be applied to any project containing measurable progress over time.
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The disgraced minister, having rapidly descended into alcoholism, is goaded into helping the rowdy element to burn down the church.
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Around 1920 a new hotel was built on the site only to burn down between 1920 and 1925.
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