Sentence examples of "prender" in Spanish with translation "light"

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Tom se quedó sin fósforos así que no pudo prender el fuego. Tom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.
Él se duerme con las luces prendidas. He goes to sleep with the lights left on.
Hacía frío, así que prendimos una fogata. It was cold, so we lit a fire.
Aprieta el botón verde y la luz se prende. Push the green button, and the light goes on.
No te vayas a dormir con la luz prendida. Don't go to sleep with the light on.
En la noche no prendo la luz en mi estudio. I don't switch on the light in my studio at night.
Creo que esta lámpara tiene un corto porque la luz se prende sólo si meneo el cable. I think this lamp has a short because the light comes on only if I jiggle the cord.
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