set on fire

English

Verb

set on fire (third-person singular simple present sets on fire, present participle setting on fire, simple past and past participle set on fire)

1. (transitive) To cause to begin to burn.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To arouse passionate feelings in.

   You set my heart on fire.

Synonyms

• (cause to begin to burn): fire, ignite, set afire, set alight, set fire to, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame
• (arouse passionate feelings in): inflame, ignite, inspire, excite, rouse

Derived terms

• set one's hair on fire
• set the Thames on fire
• set the world on fire

Translations

cause to begin to burn

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: վառել (hy) (vaṙel), այրել (hy) (ayrel), հրկիզել (hy) (hrkizel)
• Azerbaijani: odlamaq, od vurmaq, yandırmaq (az), alışdırmaq
• Bulgarian: паля (bg) (palja), запалвам (bg) (zapalvam)
• Catalan: encendre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 焚燒／焚烧 (fan⁴ siu¹)

  Hokkien: 放火 (zh-min-nan) (pàng-hóe, pàng-hé), 放火燒／放火烧 (páng-hóe-sio, páng-hé-sio)

  Mandarin: 放火 (zh) (fànghuǒ), 縱火／纵火 (zh) (zònghuǒ) (formal)

• Czech: zapálit (cs)
• Dutch: in brand steken, aansteken (nl)
• Esperanto: ekbruligi
• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
• French: allumer (fr), enflammer (fr), embraser (fr)
• Galician: acender (gl), prender (gl), pregar
• Georgian: წვავს (c̣vavs), დაწვავს (dac̣vavs)
• German: anzünden (de), entzünden (de)
• Greek: βάζω φωτιά (vázo fotiá)
• Hebrew: הצית (hitsít), הדליק (hidlík)
• Hindi: तापना (hi) (tāpnā), जलाना (hi) (jalānā)
• Hungarian: felgyújt (hu), meggyújt (hu)
• Indonesian: membakar (id)
• Ingrian: virittää, syttää, sytyttää
• Italian: incendiare (it), dare fuoco a
• Japanese: 火を付ける (ひをつける, hi o tsukeru), 着火する (ja) (chakka suru), 点火する (ja) (tenka suru), 放火する (ja) (hōka suru) (for arson)
• Kashmiri:

  Devanagari: ज़ालुन (zālun)

  Perso-Arabic: زالُن (zālun)

• Kazakh: жағу (jağu), өртеу (örteu)
• Khmer: ដុត (km) (dot)
• Korean: 불을 지르다 (bur-eul jireuda), 점화(點火)하다 (jeomhwahada), 방화(放火)하다 (ko) (banghwahada) (for arson)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سووتاندن (sûtandin), ئاگرکردن (agirkirdin)

• Latin: incendō, igniō (la), accendō (la), flammō
• Latvian: aizdedzināt
• Lithuanian: padegti
• Malay: bakar (ms)
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: podpalić (pl), zapalić (pl)
• Portuguese: queimar (pt), atear (pt), incendiar (pt)
• Romanian: da foc
• Russian: подже́чь (ru) (podžéčʹ), заже́чь (ru) (zažéčʹ), запали́ть (ru) (zapalítʹ)
• Samoan: tutu i (sm) afi (sm)
• Slovak: zapáliť, podpáliť
• Spanish: pegar fuego, prender fuego, incendiar (es), encender (es), alumbrar (es)
• Swedish: sätta eld på, antända (sv), sätta i brand, sätta fyr på
• Telugu: తగులబెట్టు (te) (tagulabeṭṭu), మంటబెట్టు (maṇṭabeṭṭu)
• Tetum: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: จุด (th) (jùt), จุดไฟ
• Tongan: tutu
• Ukrainian: підпа́лювати impf (pidpáljuvaty), підпали́ти pf (pidpalýty)
• Vietnamese: đốt (vi), phóng hoả (vi)

arouse passionate feelings in

• Azerbaijani: coşdurmaq, qızışdırmaq
• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
• German: entflammen (de)
• Hebrew: הצית (hitsít)
• Hungarian: lángra gyújt, lángra lobbant (hu)
• Lithuanian: sujaudinti (lt)
• Portuguese: acalentar (pt)
• Russian: разже́чь (ru) (razžéčʹ)
• Spanish: encender (es), calentar (es)
• Swedish: sätta i brand (poetic)

Anagrams

• Firestone, firestone, forestine, fresnoite