dare fuoco

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to give fire”.

Verb

dàre fuoco (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) dò fuoco, first-person singular past historic dièdi fuoco or diédi fuoco or détti fuoco or (traditional) dètti fuoco, past participle dàto fuoco, first-person singular future darò fuoco, first-person singular subjunctive dìa fuoco, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive déssi fuoco, second-person singular imperative dài fuoco or dà' fuoco, auxiliary avére)

1. (idiomatic, transitive with a) to set on fire

   Synonym: incendiare

   • 2020 July 26, “Stati Uniti, Portland ridà vigore all'onda di proteste. Rivolta a Seattle: 45 arresti, 21 agenti feriti [United States, Portland restrengthens the wave of protests. Revolt in Seattle:45 arrests, 21 wounded agents]”, in la Repubblica‎^[1]:

     Altri hanno dato fuoco a un rimorchio e appiccato un incendio in un cantiere.

     Others set fire to a trailer and began a fire at a construction site.