burn out

agotarse, quemarse

Quedar tan agotado física o mentalmente por el trabajo o el estrés que ya no se puede seguir.

En inglés sencillo: To become too mentally or physically tired to continue because of too much work or stress.

• You will burn out without rest.
• Years of constant pressure burned her out.
• Many nurses burned out during the crisis.

Cómo se usa: burn yourself out (Do not burn yourself out working every weekend.); burn someone out (The constant overtime burned him out.)

Sinónimos: exhaust oneself, wear oneself out

Expresiones frecuentes: burn out at work, burn out someone

fundirse, quemarse

Dejar de funcionar porque una pieza se ha dañado por el calor o el uso prolongado.

En inglés sencillo: To stop working because a part has been damaged by heat or long use.

• The bulb burned out.
• Our old motor has finally burned out.
• Will leaving it on all night burn it out?

Cómo se usa: burn something out (Too much current can burn the motor out.)

Sinónimos: fail, blow

Expresiones frecuentes: burn out suddenly, burn out a motor

consumirse, apagarse

Dejar de arder porque ya no queda combustible.

En inglés sencillo: To stop burning because there is nothing left for the fire to use.

• The candle burned out.
• We waited for the fire to burn out.
• These logs will burn out before morning.

Sinónimos: go out

Expresiones frecuentes: burn out completely, burn out overnight

destruir por el fuego

Destruir un edificio o su interior mediante el fuego.

En inglés sencillo: To destroy a building or its inside with fire.

• The fire burned out the garage.
• Flames burned out three shops overnight.
• The attackers tried to burn the building out.

Cómo se usa: burn something out (The blaze burned the house out.)

Sinónimos: gut, destroy by fire

Expresiones frecuentes: burn out a building, burn out something

quemarse por completo

Quedar destruido por el fuego, por dentro o por completo.

En inglés sencillo: If something burns out, fire destroys its inside or all of it.

• The car burned out.
• The empty house burnt out during the night.
• Only a metal shell remained after the tank had burned out.

Sinónimos: burn up

Expresiones frecuentes: burn out completely, burn out overnight

exponer al límite permitido

Exponer a un trabajador a tanta radiación que ya no pueda seguir trabajando con ella de forma segura.

En inglés sencillo: To expose a worker to so much radiation that they cannot safely do more work involving radiation.

• The reactor repairs burned out several workers.
• Repeated radiation exposure had burned out the entire repair crew.
• They rotated staff to avoid burning anyone out.

Cómo se usa: burn someone out (The reactor work burned the welders out.)

Expresiones frecuentes: burn out workers, burn out someone