fire up

entusiasmare, caricare

Dare a qualcuno entusiasmo, energia o voglia di fare qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To make someone feel excited, energetic, or eager to do something.

• The music fired up the crowd.
• Her speech really fired me up.
• Are you fired up for tomorrow’s match?

Come si usa: fire someone up (The coach’s speech fired us up.); be fired up for something (The players are fired up for the final.)

Sinonimi: excite, energize, motivate

Contrari: discourage

Espressioni comuni: fire up someone, fire up the crowd

accendere

Accendere il combustibile di una griglia, una stufa o un apparecchio simile.

In inglese semplice: To light a fire in a grill, stove, or similar piece of equipment.

• Let’s fire up the grill.
• He fired up the stove to cook dinner.
• Have you fired the barbecue up yet?

Come si usa: fire something up (We fired the barbecue up before the guests arrived.)

Sinonimi: light, ignite

Contrari: extinguish

Espressioni comuni: fire up the grill, fire up a stove

avviare, avviarsi

Mettere in moto un motore o cominciare a funzionare, detto del motore.

In inglese semplice: To make an engine begin running, or to begin running as an engine.

• The engine fired up at once.
• We fired up the generator during the storm.
• Will this old motor fire up?

Come si usa: fire something up (She fired the engine up and drove away.)

Sinonimi: start, start up

Contrari: stop, shut down

Espressioni comuni: fire up an engine, fire up a generator

aprire, avviare

Aprire un programma sul computer per poterlo usare.

In inglese semplice: To open a computer program so you can use it.

• Fire up your browser.
• She fired up the app to check the weather.
• I’ll fire up a text editor and fix the file.

Come si usa: fire something up (Fire your browser up and visit our website.)

Sinonimi: open, launch, run

Contrari: close

Espressioni comuni: fire up a browser, fire up an app