Palabra Lexi · common words in Spanish
How to say "fire" in Spanish
"Fire" in Spanish is fuego, pronounced FWEH-goh (stress on the syllable in capitals). In short: fire as flames, the fire in a fireplace. It is a masculine noun (el fuego, plural los fuegos). Also: incendio, a fire that destroys something: a house fire, a forest fire.
| Spanish | fuego |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | FWEH-goh |
| Meaning | fire |
| Gender | masculine: el fuego |
| Plural | los fuegos |
| Frequency | #78 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce fuego
Fuego is pronounced FWEH-goh, in IPA /ˈfweɡo/. Fuego has two syllables, FWEH-goh, with the stress on the first. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
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Is fuego masculine or feminine?
Fuego is masculine, so it takes el (the) and un (a): el fuego. The plural is los fuegos. That fits the usual pattern: most nouns ending in -o are masculine.
Example sentences
Enciende el fuego
light the fire
El fuego se apagó.
The fire went out.
How to remember fuego
fuego [FWEH-goh] sounds like the English “few egos”. Picture this:
Around the fire even the few egos melt: everyone shares one blanket and one guitar.
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