🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

incendiar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: incendiar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Kindle/ˈkɪn.dəl/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A discussão conseguiu incendiar os ânimos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To arouse or inspire an emotion or feeling.

    "The speech helped to kindle hope among the refugees."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English kyndlen, from Old Norse kynda (to kindle, set fire to), related to Old Norse kyndill (torch). Historically evolved from Germanic roots meaning to set alight, later expanding metaphorically to rousing emotions, inspiration, or interest.

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