What does "ha vuelto a dispararlo" mean?

Question

The sentence is el frío ahora ha vuelto a dispararlo. I don't understand.í

Wow, looks like "The cold has shot it again" or "The cold has started shooting it again" ... either way, it doesn't make much sense...so I will let someone else give an "official answer." I am also curious. - webdunce, Apr 13, 2011

@South: Can you give more context? It'll be better to have an idea what that "lo" is. - Deanski, Apr 13, 2011

Answer 1

--editing--

"Lo" definitely refers to "el consumo." It shot up because of the cold.

Two electric operators applied power cuts between 3-6 hours partly in the territory and have asked the Japanese to lower their consumption, something that had been done successfully even though the cold has now shot it up again.

Are you sure? Wouldn't the consumption of electricity increase when it gets colder? - SouthernChica, Apr 13, 2011

Nope, I'm not sure, that's why I deleted it after the first reading. You're right. It's better now. - Deanski, Apr 14, 2011

Thank you very much! - SouthernChica, Apr 14, 2011

Answer 2

disparar

There are some possible contexts used in our dictionary.

to shoot up (precios, inflación)

Now the cold has shot it up again. (say, the price of home heating fuel).

That meaning is under dispararse though, e.g., Los precios se dispararon. - Deanski, Apr 13, 2011

That is passive voice/intransitive or proniminal. It can be transitive. The cold drove up prices. - 0074b507, Apr 13, 2011

No te falta razón, Q. - Deanski, Apr 14, 2011

Answer 3

The whole sentence is "Dos operadoras de electricidad japonesas aplican cortes de luz de entre tres y seis horas en parte del territorio y han pedido a los nipones que rebajen el consumo, algo que hasta ahora se había logrado aunque el frío ahora ha vuelto a dispararlo."

Answer 4

The money has shot (gone Disappeared)-

That is how I have normally seen it. Salió disparando-took off running. - 0074b507, Apr 13, 2011