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Spanish
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + fuego (“fire”).
Noun
cortafuego m (plural cortafuegos)
- Alternative form of cortafuegos
2017 January 19, “Incendio forestal en Pumanque ya consume 19 mil hectáreas y sigue avanzando sin control”, in Emol:Pese a ello, ha disminuido la amenaza de que el fuego alcance viviendas –como lo hizo anteayer–, ya que los brigadistas y un gran contingente de Bomberos lograron establecer una línea de cortafuego y desviar la propagación de las llamas.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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