burn down

See also: burndown

English

Verb

burn down (third-person singular simple present burns down, present participle burning down, simple past burned down, past participle burnt down)

(transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
(intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains.
A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down.

Translations

cause a structure to burn to nothing

Chinese:
Mandarin: 燒毀 (zh), 烧毁 (zh) (shāohuǐ), 焚毀 (zh), 焚毁 (zh) (fénhuǐ)
Dutch: platbranden (nl), afbranden (nl)
Finnish: polttaa (fi)
French: carboniser (fr)
Galician: carbonizar (gl)

German: abbrennen (de), niederbrennen
Polish: spalić doszczętnie
Portuguese: carbonizar
Russian: сжечь дотла́ (sžečʹ dotlá)
Spanish: incendiar (es), arrasar (es)

completely burn so that nothing remains

Chinese:
Mandarin: 燒光 (zh), 烧光 (zh) (shāoguāng), 燒掉 (zh), 烧掉 (zh) (shāodiào)
Dutch: platbranden (nl), afbranden (nl)
Finnish: palaa poroksi, palaa maan tasalle
French: se carboniser (fr)

Galician: carbonizar (gl) (pronominal)
German: please add this translation if you can
Polish: please add this translation if you can
Russian: сгоре́ть дотла́ (sgorétʹ dotlá)
Spanish: incendiarse

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