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Summary

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back fire:
- Wiktionary:
  back fire → deflagración de escape, contrafuego
  backfire → salir el tiro por la culata, tener efecto retroactivo, tener contraefecto
- Synonyms for "backfire":
  blowback; explosion; detonation; blowup
  fire
  boomerang; miscalculation; misreckoning; misestimation
  backlash; recoil; happen; hap; go on; pass off; occur; pass; fall out; come about; take place
  make noise; resound; noise
  burn; fire; burn down

English

Detailed Translations for back fire from English to Spanish

back fire: ^{(*Using Word and Sentence Splitter)}

Back: Atrás
back: espalda; lomo; parte posterior; parte de atrás; detrás; atrás; de espaldas; hacia atrás; vuelta; lado de atrás; surgir; de vuelta; otra vez; defensa; de nuevo; zaguero; una vez más; por segunda vez; ayudar; servir; atender; asistir; sostener; colaborar; cooperar; ser de ayuda; antes; anteriormente; antaño; antiguamente; en el pasado; en otros tiempos; costear; financiar
fire: enviar; echar; mandar; despachar; expulsar; disolver; destituir; fuego; incendio; tirar; lanzar; descargar; herir; disparar; cazar; hacer fuego; calefacción; estufa; calentador; calentamiento; estufita; incendios; fuegos; disparos; despedir; desechar; arrumbar; echar fuera; ser despedido; enseñarle la puerta a una; pasión; incendiar; destruir por incendio; quemar totalmente; lumbre; animar; alentar; estimular; avivar; entusiasmar; envalentonar

Spelling Suggestions for: back fire

back tire; back side; backslide; backside; backbone; backache; backpage; backplane; back-gate; bonfire

backfire:

Translation Matrix for backfire:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	blowback; boomerang
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	backlash; recoil

Synonyms for "backfire":

blowback; explosion; detonation; blowup
fire
boomerang; miscalculation; misreckoning; misestimation
backlash; recoil; happen; hap; go on; pass off; occur; pass; fall out; come about; take place
make noise; resound; noise
burn; fire; burn down

Related Definitions for "backfire":

a miscalculation that recoils on its maker¹
a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path¹
a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine¹
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired¹
set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire¹
emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire¹
- My old car backfires all the time¹
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect¹
- Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble¹

Wiktionary Translations for backfire:

backfire

verb

fail
- backfire → salir el tiro por la culata; tener efecto retroactivo; tener contraefecto

Wiktionary Translations for back fire:

back fire

noun

explosion of a combustion engine
- back fire → deflagración de escape
controlled fire
- back fire → contrafuego

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Spanish

Suggestions for back fire in Spanish

Spelling Suggestions for: back fire

backplane; balbuciré; batiré

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