brew up

preparar, elaborar

Preparar té, café o cerveza dejando sus ingredientes en agua, calentándolos o fermentándolos.

En inglés sencillo: To make tea, coffee, or beer by leaving or cooking its ingredients in water.

• I will brew up some tea.
• They brewed up a small batch of beer last month.
• Have you brewed up enough coffee for everyone?

Cómo se usa: brew something up (She brewed some strong coffee up for the visitors.)

Sinónimos: brew, make

Expresiones frecuentes: brew up tea, brew something up, brew up some coffee

idear, inventar, urdir

Crear una idea, un plan, una historia o una mezcla, a menudo combinando distintas cosas.

En inglés sencillo: To create an idea, plan, story, or mixture, often by combining different things.

• They brewed up a clever plan.
• She brewed up a strange mixture in the kitchen.
• What excuse will he brew up this time?

Cómo se usa: brew up something (The children brewed up a plan to surprise their teacher.)

Sinónimos: concoct, devise, invent

Expresiones frecuentes: brew up a plan, brew something up, brew up trouble

encender un fuego para preparar té

Encender un fuego para preparar té, generalmente al aire libre.

En inglés sencillo: To light a fire so you can make tea, usually outdoors.

• We stopped beside the stream to brew up.
• The soldiers gathered dry wood and brewed up.
• Shall we brew up before continuing the walk?

Expresiones frecuentes: brew up outdoors, brew up at camp

incendiarse

Dicho de un vehículo, empezar de repente a arder con mucha intensidad.

En inglés sencillo: If a vehicle does this, it suddenly burns fiercely.

• The tank brewed up.
• Two vehicles brewed up after the attack.
• The crew escaped before their tank brewed up.

Sinónimos: catch fire, burst into flames

Expresiones frecuentes: brew up suddenly, brew up immediately

incendiar

Hacer que un vehículo empiece de repente a arder con mucha intensidad.

En inglés sencillo: To make a vehicle suddenly burn fiercely.

• The missile brewed up the tank.
• One direct hit brewed the vehicle up.
• The gunners brewed up two enemy tanks.

Cómo se usa: brew something up (The shell brewed the tank up.)

Sinónimos: set alight, set on fire

Antónimos: extinguish

Expresiones frecuentes: brew up tanks, brew up vehicles