foc

Pronúncia: fɔ́k
    masculí
  1. fire.
  2. conflagration.
  3. arma de foc firearm.
  4. focs artificials fireworks.
  5. foc follet will-o’-the-wisp, Jack-o’-lantern.
  6. (fer \ encendre) foc to (make \ light) a fire.
  7. apagar el foc to put out the fire.
  8. atiar el foc to poke the fire.
  9. calar foc a to set fire to, set on fire.
  10. calar-se foc a to catch fire.
  11. foc d’encenalls figuradament flash in the pan.
  12. [foguera] bonfire.
  13. blaze.
  14. [d’un fogó] burner, plate.
  15. alimentació, indústries alimentàries flame, heat.
  16. coure una cosa a foc lent to simmer, cook something on a low flame.
  17. escalfar-se prop del foc to sit (by \ round) the fire.
  18. nàutica etc. beacon, signal fire.
  19. [per a un cigarret] light.
  20. tens foc? have you got a light?
  21. ciències militars fire, firing.
  22. foc! fire!
  23. fer foc to fire (sobre at, on).
  24. obrir el foc to open fire.
  25. foc (granejat \ nodrit) heavy fire.
  26. alto el foc! cease fire!
  27. foc de sant (Antoni \ Marçal), foc volatge medicina rash, skin eruption.
  28. [llar] hearth, home.
  29. una població de cent focs a village of one hundred houses (or families).
  30. figuradament fire, ardour, passion.
  31. estar entre dos focs figuradament to be between the devil and the deep blue sea.
  32. jugar amb el foc figuradament to play with fire.
  33. hi posaria la mà al foc! figuradament I would swear to it!
  34. sortir del foc i caure a les brases figuradament to fall out of the frying pan into the fire.
  35. tirar llenya al foc figuradament to add fuel to the flames, stir things up.
  36. tirar el barret al foc figuradament to give up.
  37. treure foc pels queixals figuradament to be (indignant \ furious).
  38. foc de Sant Elm meteorologia [Castor and Pollux, a shining vapour without heat sometimes observed adhering to ships after a storm].