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I'm trying to find out what the Spanish or Portuguese word is for an inferno, in the English sense meaning large fire, not "hell". How would these languages translate something like - "the building was engulfed in a blazing inferno?" If they use the word "Inferno", how would they distinguish in a sentence like, "a blazing inferno burned in hell"
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Spanish / Portuguese word for an inferno
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Re: Spanish / Portuguese word for an inferno
El edificio era un infierno.
El enorme fuego ardiente en el infierno.
Era un infierno.
To avoid using the same word twice in a sentence you'd use a descriptive construct like above.
El enorme fuego ardiente en el infierno.
Era un infierno.
To avoid using the same word twice in a sentence you'd use a descriptive construct like above.
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Re: Spanish / Portuguese word for an inferno
"incendio infernal" (an infernal fire) is a phrase you can find many results of in the form of news reports.
"El edificio fue devorado en un incendio infernal".
"El edificio fue devorado en un incendio infernal".
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Re: Spanish / Portuguese word for an inferno
I'm native Brazilian and I think you could probably say in Portuguese that a place was an "inferno em chamas", or that "ardia um fogo infernal".... We also have the word "fogaréu", to describe a great fire, but it sounds dated and you'd probably not use it in the same context.
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