fuego

From Latin focus.

fuego m

1. fire

From Late Latin focum, singular accusative of focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸwe.ɣo]

fuego m (plural fuegos)

1. fire
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 63v. col. 1.

     en ſemblança delas beſtias ſuujſta cuemo braſas de fuego encendidas e ſemblanca de lampades

     the appearance of the creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches

• Ladino: fuego
• Spanish: fuego

• huego (rare, mostly obsolete)

From Old Spanish fuego, from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”). The form huego, which began to be used around 1500, was mostly replaced by the form starting with -f-[1]. Compare Portuguese fogo. Cognate with English fuel. Doublet of foco, which is a borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfweɡo/, [ˈfweɣo]
• (non-standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɸweɣo], [ˈhweɣo]
• Hyphenation: fue‧go

fuego m (plural fuegos)

1. fire

¡fuego!

1. fire! (cry of distress indicating that something is on fire)

   ¡Fuego! ¡Llame a los bomberos! ― Fire! Call the fire brigade/department!

• apagafuegos
• arma de fuego
• Tierra del Fuego