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(inaridire) [sole] to burn(irregular) [pelle];
to scorch [erba];
to bake [terra];
[gelo] to blacken [pianta]
(corrodere) [acido] to burn(irregular) [superficie]
(stirando) to scorch, to singe [camicia]
colloq. (non rispettare) to ignore [stop];
to jump, to go(irregular) through [semaforo (rosso)]
fig. (superare) to flash by [avversario]
intr. (aus. essere)
(ardere) [legna, combustibile] to burn(irregular); far ~ to make [sth.] burn, to burn [carta, legna]
(ridursi in cenere) [casa] to be(irregular) on fire, to burn(irregular) down; la foresta brucia the forest is on fire; sono bruciati 3.000 ettari di foresta 3,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed by fire
fig. (fallire) -rsi finanziariamente, politicamente to ruin oneself financially, politically
fig. (sprecare) to blow(irregular) [occasione, possibilità]
locuzioni idiomatiche ~ qcn. sul filo di lana to nose sb. out, to pip sb. at the post BE; ~ i ponti to burn one’s bridges; ~ le cervella a qcn. to blow sb.’s brains out; -rsi le ali to come unstuck o to grief.