fuego

fire

“Un incendio inmenso que arrasa California y Nevada está generando un comportamiento de fuego extremo, con “remolinos de fuego” y condiciones peligrosas para los bomberos, dijeron las autoridades.”

Related: a fuego lento, a fuego manso, a prueba de fuego, a sangre y fuego, abrir fuego, agarrar fuego el cañal, agua de fuego, alto el fuego, añadir leña al fuego, apagafuegos

Inherited from Old Spanish fuego, from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”). The form huego, which began to be used around 1500, was mostly replaced by the form starting with -f-. Compare Portuguese fogo. Cognate with English fuel. Compare also English focus. Doublet of foco, which is a borrowing from Latin.

fire! (cry to order soldiers to start shooting)

Inherited from Old Spanish fuego, from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”). The form huego, which began to be used around 1500, was mostly replaced by the form starting with -f-. Compare Portuguese fogo. Cognate with English fuel. Compare also English focus. Doublet of foco, which is a borrowing from Latin.