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burn out
Language:
Meanings:
1.
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neutral
To cease burning; to be extinguished or go out.
2.
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neutral
technical
To fail to function or stop operating, especially suddenly or after extended use (applied to electrical bulbs, motors, or mechanical components).
3.
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neutral
formal
medical
To destroy, remove, or eradicate by means of burning, intense heat, or cauterization; to purge or excise by burning.
4.
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informal
colloquial
To wear out or damage by excessive use; to exhaust or incapacitate (applied to people, machines, or parts) through overwork or prolonged strain.
To become exhausted or suffer mental or physical collapse as a result of prolonged stress or activity.
Examples:
EN:
This time, I'll burn out all the animal in her!
ES:
Acabaré con su parte animal.
EN:
Aren't you afraid you'll burn out a tonsil?
ES:
¿No tiene miedo de quemarse las anginas?
EN:
I thought Jack did it to burn out the Patch.
ES:
Creí que lo hizo Jack para incendiar el Patch.
EN:
Some of the fellas in town, they're gonna burn out the camp tonight.
ES:
Unos tipos del pueblo van a incendiar el campo esta noche.
EN:
They're cauterizing his wounds to burn out the poison.
ES:
Están cauterizando la herida, es su única oportunidad.
EN:
I'm gonna burn out Western Union tonight.
ES:
Esta noche voy a calcinar la Western Union.
EN:
Afire would burn out if it's not replenished.
ES:
Un fuego se consumirá si no se le pone leña.
EN:
Somebody in town sent Jet Younger to burn out those homesteaders.
ES:
Alguien en el pueblo envió a Jet Younger para quemar esas casas.
EN:
Gimme a match, these cigarettes burn out so quickly.
ES:
Dame un fósforo. Estos cigarrillos siempre se apagan.
EN:
How many torches can burn out in a day?
ES:
¿Cuántas antorchas pueden consumirse en un día?
EN:
Have you seen a light bulb burn out?
ES:
¿Ha visto fundirse una bombilla?
EN:
Whatever it was, it's been eatin' in me all these years seemed to burn out with it.
ES:
Todo lo que me ha dominado estos años se quemó con ella.
EN:
I burn out the pueblecitos, they return.
ES:
Yo quemo los pueblecitos, ellos regresan.
EN:
Enough arsenic to burn out the whole root system.
ES:
Arsénico suficiente para quemar todas las raíces.
EN:
You'll burn out your bearings!
ES:
¡Perderéis el rumbo!
EN:
This time, I'll burn out all the animal in her!
ES:
Acabaré con su parte animal.
EN:
Aren't you afraid you'll burn out a tonsil?
ES:
¿No tiene miedo de quemarse las anginas?
EN:
I thought Jack did it to burn out the Patch.
ES:
Creí que lo hizo Jack para incendiar el Patch.
EN:
Some of the fellas in town, they're gonna burn out the camp tonight.
ES:
Unos tipos del pueblo van a incendiar el campo esta noche.
EN:
They're cauterizing his wounds to burn out the poison.
ES:
Están cauterizando la herida, es su única oportunidad.
EN:
I'm gonna burn out Western Union tonight.
ES:
Esta noche voy a calcinar la Western Union.
EN:
Afire would burn out if it's not replenished.
ES:
Un fuego se consumirá si no se le pone leña.
EN:
Somebody in town sent Jet Younger to burn out those homesteaders.
ES:
Alguien en el pueblo envió a Jet Younger para quemar esas casas.
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