prenderse fuego(
prehn
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dehr
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seh
 
fweh
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goh
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A pronominal verb phrase combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Se dio cuenta del problema.)
pronominal verb phrase
a. to go up in flames
Todo el centro comercial fue evacuado después de que se prendiera fuego una de las tiendas.The whole shopping mall was evacuated after one store went up in flames.
b. to ignite
Unas emanaciones inflamables de una planta cercana se prendieron fuego y provocaron una explosión.Flammable fumes from a nearby plant ignited and caused an explosion.
a. to set oneself on fire
El 16 de enero de 1969, un estudiante checoslovaco se prendió fuego en la Plaza de Wenceslao, en Praga, para protestar contra el autoritarismo.On 16 January 1969, a 20-year-old Czechoslovakian student set himself on fire on Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest authoritarian rule.
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