fire up

entusiasmar, animar

Hacer que alguien se sienta animado, lleno de energía o con muchas ganas de hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel excited, energetic, or eager to do something.

• The music fired up the crowd.
• Her speech really fired me up.
• Are you fired up for tomorrow’s match?

Cómo se usa: fire someone up (The coach’s speech fired us up.); be fired up for something (The players are fired up for the final.)

Sinónimos: excite, energize, motivate

Antónimos: discourage

Expresiones frecuentes: fire up someone, fire up the crowd

encender, prender

Prender el combustible de una parrilla, una estufa o un aparato similar.

En inglés sencillo: To light a fire in a grill, stove, or similar piece of equipment.

• Let’s fire up the grill.
• He fired up the stove to cook dinner.
• Have you fired the barbecue up yet?

Cómo se usa: fire something up (We fired the barbecue up before the guests arrived.)

Sinónimos: light, ignite

Antónimos: extinguish

Expresiones frecuentes: fire up the grill, fire up a stove

arrancar, poner en marcha

Poner un motor en marcha o empezar a funcionar, si se habla del motor.

En inglés sencillo: To make an engine begin running, or to begin running as an engine.

• The engine fired up at once.
• We fired up the generator during the storm.
• Will this old motor fire up?

Cómo se usa: fire something up (She fired the engine up and drove away.)

Sinónimos: start, start up

Antónimos: stop, shut down

Expresiones frecuentes: fire up an engine, fire up a generator

abrir, ejecutar

Poner en marcha un programa informático para poder usarlo.

En inglés sencillo: To open a computer program so you can use it.

• Fire up your browser.
• She fired up the app to check the weather.
• I’ll fire up a text editor and fix the file.

Cómo se usa: fire something up (Fire your browser up and visit our website.)

Sinónimos: open, launch, run

Antónimos: close

Expresiones frecuentes: fire up a browser, fire up an app