fogo

See also: fógo and fogó

Galician

fogo m (plural fogos)

From Latin focus. Cognate with Old Spanish fuego, Old Occitan foc, Old French feu and Old Italian foco.

fogo m

fire
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 4 (facsimile):
  A madre do que liurou / dos Leões Daniel / Eſſa do fogo Guardou / un Menỹo Dirrael.
  The Mother of Him who delivered Daniel from the lions saved a little boy of the tribe of Israel from the fire.

fogo

From Old Portuguese fogo, from Latin focus. Cognate with Galician fogo, Spanish fuego, Catalan foc, Occitan fuòc, French feu, Italian fuoco and Romanian foc.

fogo m (plural fogos)

(uncountable) fire (chemical reaction producing a flame)
- 1607, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver:
  Amor he hum fogo que arde ſem ſe ver
  Love is a fire that burns without being seen
A criança aprendeu a não colocar a mão no fogo da maneira mais difícil.
The child learned not to put his hand in the fire the hard way.
fire (destructive occurrence of fire in a certain place)

Um fogo destruiu várias lojas no centro.
A fire destroyed several shops downtown.
(military) fire (projectiles in mid-air)

Os soldados avançaram sob fogo pesado.
The soldiers advanced under heavy fire.
(uncountable, slang) pain in the ass (someone or something that is hard to deal with)

Seu filho é fogo.
You kid is a pain in the ass.
(poetic) flame (intense emotions)

O fogo da paixão.
The flame of passion.
a device that produces a flame; a lighter or match

O fumante viu que não tinha fogo.
The smoker noticed that he didn’t have a lighter.
(colloquial) heat (tense situation)

Terms derived from fogo

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