set on fire

English

Verb

set on fire (third-person singular simple present sets on fire, present participle setting on fire, simple past and past participle set on fire)

(transitive) To cause to begin to burn.
(figuratively, transitive) To arouse passionate feelings in.
You set my heart on fire.

Synonyms

(cause to begin to burn): fire, ignite, set afire, set alight, set fire to, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame
(arouse passionate feelings in): inflame, ignite, inspire, excite, rouse

Derived terms

set one's hair on fire
set the Thames on fire
set the world on fire

Translations

cause to begin to burn

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: վառել (hy) (vaṙel), այրել (hy) (ayrel), հրկիզել (hy) (hrkizel)
Bulgarian: паля (bg) (palja), запалвам (bg) (zapalvam)
Catalan: encendre (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 焚燒 (fan⁴ siu¹)
Mandarin: 放火 (zh) (fànghuǒ), 縱火／纵火 (zh) (zònghuǒ) (formal)
Min Nan: 放火 (zh-min-nan) (pàng-hóe, pàng-hé), 放火燒 (páng-hóe-sio, páng-hé-sio)
Czech: zapálit (cs)
Dutch: in brand steken, aansteken (nl)
Esperanto: ekbruligi
Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
French: allumer (fr), enflammer (fr), embraser (fr)
Galician: acender (gl), prender (gl), pregar
Georgian: წვავს (c̣vavs), დაწვავს (dac̣vavs)
German: anzünden (de), entzünden (de)
Greek: βάζω φωτιά (vázo fotiá)
Hebrew: הצית‎ (hitsít), הדליק‎ (hidlík)
Hindi: तापना (hi) (tāpnā), जलाना (hi) (jalānā)
Hungarian: felgyújt (hu), meggyújt (hu)
Indonesian: membakar (id)
Italian: incendiare (it), dare fuoco a
Japanese: 火を付ける (ひをつける, hi o tsukeru), 着火する (ja) (chakka suru), 点火する (ja) (tenka suru), 放火する (ja) (hōka suru) (for arson)
Kashmiri:
Perso-Arabic: زالُن‎ (zālun)
Devanagari: ज़ालुन (zālun)
Kazakh: жағу (kk) (jağu), өртеу (örteu)
Khmer: ដុត (km) (dot)
Korean: 불을 지르다 (bur-eul jireuda), 점화(點火)하다 (jeomhwahada), 방화(放火)하다 (ko) (banghwahada) (for arson)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سووتاندن‎ (ku) (sûtandin), ئاگرکردن‎ (agirkirdin)
Latin: incendō, igniō (la), accendō (la), flammō
Latvian: aizdedzināt
Lithuanian: padegti
Malay: bakar (ms)
Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: podpalić (pl), zapalić (pl)
Portuguese: queimar (pt), atear (pt), incendiar (pt)
Romanian: da foc
Russian: подже́чь (ru) (podžéčʹ), заже́чь (ru) (zažéčʹ), запали́ть (ru) (zapalítʹ)
Samoan: tutu i afi
Slovak: zapáliť, podpáliť
Spanish: pegar fuego, prender fuego, incendiar (es), encender (es), alumbrar (es)
Swedish: sätta eld på, antända (sv), sätta i brand, sätta fyr på
Telugu: తగులబెట్టు (te) (tagulabeṭṭu), మంటబెట్టు (maṇṭabeṭṭu)
Tetum: please add this translation if you can
Thai: จุด (th) (jùt), จุดไฟ
Tongan: tutu
Ukrainian: підпа́лювати impf (pidpáljuvaty), підпали́ти pf (pidpalýty)
Vietnamese: đốt (vi), phóng hoả (vi)

arouse passionate feelings in

Finnish: sytyttää (fi)
German: entflammen (de)
Hebrew: הצית‎ (hitsít)
Hungarian: lángra gyújt, lángra lobbant (hu)
Lithuanian: sujaudinti (lt)
Portuguese: acalentar (pt)
Russian: разже́чь (ru) (razžéčʹ)
Spanish: encender (es), calentar (es)
Swedish: sätta i brand (poetic)

Anagrams

Firestone, firestone, forestine, fresnoite