Spanish Conversation · Level 74
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Spanish word
incinerar
Pronunciation
IPA/inθineˈɾaɾ/
Meaning
- verbincinerate
Example
Hay que incinerar los residuos tóxicos.
Toxic waste needs to be incinerated.
More examples
En el municipio van a incinerar la basura esta semana.
The municipality is going to incinerate the garbage this week.
Core concept
Industrial furnace reducing waste to ash.
Common phrases
incinerar la basura
incinerate the garbage
incinerar residuos domésticos
incinerate household waste
incinerar documentos
incinerate documents
Similar words
quemar: Burns materials with fire so they are consumed or destroyed.
prender: Ignites or lights an object so it begins to burn.
cremar: Reduces a corpse to ashes by burning as part of funeral rites.
Definition in Spanish
Incinerar significa someter algo al fuego hasta reducirlo a cenizas, especialmente residuos u objetos.
Word origin
From Latin incinerare (in- 'into' + ciner-, cineris 'ash'), originally meaning 'make into ashes' and later used in Spanish for burning waste at high heat.
Usage tips
- Incinerar is typically a technical or formal term for waste disposal, while quemar covers general burning and cremar is the usual verb for human cremation.
Other meanings
- cremateverb
- reduce to ashesverb
Opposites
- reciclarrecycleverb
- reutilizarreuseverb
Related words
- incineraciónincinerationnoun
- incineradoincineratedadjective
- incineradorincineratornoun