burn down

quemar, incendiar

Destruir por completo un edificio prendiéndole fuego.

En inglés sencillo: To destroy a building by setting it on fire.

• They threatened to burn down the house.
• Someone burned down our old barn.
• Did the soldiers burn the village down?

Cómo se usa: burn something down (Someone burned the warehouse down last night.)

Sinónimos: torch, destroy by fire

Expresiones frecuentes: burn down something, burn down houses

quemarse, arder por completo

Quedar un edificio completamente destruido por un incendio.

En inglés sencillo: If a building does this, fire destroys it completely.

• The house burned down.
• Our school burned down during the holidays.
• How did the factory burn down?

Sinónimos: burn to the ground

Expresiones frecuentes: burn down completely, burn down overnight

matar, acribillar

Matar o atacar a alguien, a menudo disparándole.

En inglés sencillo: To kill or attack someone, often by shooting them.

• The gang threatened to burn him down.
• He claimed he had burned down a rival.
• The gunman tried to burn them down outside the club.

Cómo se usa: burn someone down (The gunman threatened to burn him down.)

Sinónimos: kill, gun down, attack

Expresiones frecuentes: burn someone down, burn down someone