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

Translations

cause to begin to burn

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

  Cantonese: 焚燒／焚烧 (fan⁴ siu¹)

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

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

• Czech: zapálit (cs)
• Dutch: in brand steken, aansteken (nl)
• Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
• French: allumer (fr), enflammer (fr), embraser (fr)
• Galician: acender (gl), prender (gl)
• German: anzünden (de), entzünden (de)
• Hebrew: הצית (hitsít), הדליק (hidlík)
• Hindi: तापना (hi) (tāpnā), जलाना (hi) (jalānā)
• Hungarian: felgyújt (hu), meggyújt (hu)
• Indonesian: membakar (id)
• 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 (hōka suru) (for arson)
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• Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: жағу (kk) (jağu), өртеу (örteu)
• Korean: 불을 지르다 (bureul jireuda)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سووتاندن (sûtandin), ئاگرکردن (agirkirdin)

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

arouse passionate feelings in

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

Anagrams

• Firestone, firestone, forestine, fresnoite