burn up

consumirse, quemarse por completo

Quedar completamente destruido por el fuego o el calor.

En inglés sencillo: To be completely destroyed by fire or heat.

• The dry leaves burned up.
• The meteor burned up before reaching the ground.
• Everything in the shed burned up during the fire.

Sinónimos: burn away, go up in smoke

Expresiones frecuentes: burn up completely, burn up quickly

quemar por completo, incinerar

Destruir algo por completo mediante el fuego o el calor.

En inglés sencillo: To destroy something completely using fire or heat.

• The fire burned up our tent.
• He burned the old letters up in the stove.
• The engine burns up fuel very quickly.

Cómo se usa: burn something up (The fire burned the curtains up.)

Sinónimos: burn, incinerate

Expresiones frecuentes: burn up something, burn up paper

arder de fiebre, tener mucha fiebre

Tener la temperatura del cuerpo muy alta por una enfermedad.

En inglés sencillo: To have a very high body temperature because you are ill.

• The baby is burning up.
• He was burning up with a fever last night.
• Feel her forehead; she’s burning up again.

Sinónimos: have a high fever

Expresiones frecuentes: burn up overnight, burn up again

asarse de calor, arder

Sentir muchísimo calor o notar la piel caliente y dolorida.

En inglés sencillo: To feel extremely hot or have skin that feels hot and sore.

• I’m burning up in this coat.
• We were burning up in the crowded room.
• Her face was burning up after hours in the sun.

Sinónimos: swelter, overheat

Antónimos: cool down

Expresiones frecuentes: burn up inside, burn up outside

enfadar, enfurecer

Hacer que alguien se enfade o se irrite mucho.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone very angry or annoyed.

• That rude comment really burned me up.
• It burns her up when people cheat.
• Does their unfair treatment burn you up too?

Cómo se usa: burn someone up (His constant excuses burn me up.)

Sinónimos: anger, annoy, infuriate

Antónimos: calm

Expresiones frecuentes: burn up someone, burn up drivers

arder de rabia, enfurecerse

Sentirse muy enfadado o irritado.

En inglés sencillo: To feel very angry or annoyed.

• He was burning up inside.
• She burned up with anger after the insult.
• Are you still burning up over what they said?

Cómo se usa: burn up over something (She was burning up over the unfair decision.)

Sinónimos: fume, seethe

Antónimos: calm down

Expresiones frecuentes: burn up inside, burn up over something