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acender.

to light (to set fire to)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.sẽˈde(ʁ)/Brazil[a.sẽˈde(h)]Brazil/a.sẽˈde(ɾ)/São-Paulo/a.sẽˈde(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to light (to set fire to)

    transitive
  2. to light up; to catch fire

    intransitive
  3. to turn on (to activate a source of light)

    transitive
  4. to be turned on

    intransitive
  5. to give birth to (to create or start something that can’t be stopped)

    figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acender, from Latin accendere (“to kindle or light a fire”).

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