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"(intransitive, followed by to) To light using fire; to cause to be on fire; to set alight."
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"sense": "to light using fire",
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "mettre le feu"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "anzünden"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "sätta eld (på)"
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"roman": "untertsindn",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "אונטערצינדן"
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"word": "set fire"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "sætte ild til"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "süütama"
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "läitma"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "sytyttää"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "mettre le feu"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "anzünden"
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"roman": "vázo fotiá",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "βάζω φωτιά"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "incendiare"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "upatsiza"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "utria mro"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "onǣlan"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to light using fire",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to light using fire",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "atear"
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{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "kañay"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "da foc"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podžigátʹ",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "поджига́ть"
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"roman": "podžéčʹ",
"sense": "to light using fire",
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"word": "подже́чь"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "tutu le afi"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
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"word": "affoghizare"
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"sense": "to light using fire",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "zapáliť"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "prender fuego"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "pegar fuego"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "incendiar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "sätta eld (på)"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "untertsindn",
"sense": "to light using fire",
"word": "אונטערצינדן"
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"word": "set fire"
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