The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.
Source: tatoeba (1936)
Spark
//spɑɹk//
Synonyms for "spark" (418 found)
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Closest matches (84)
Strong matches (125)
Noun(50 words)
dashdisruptive dischargedudeelectric dischargeelectric shockelectric sparkelectrifyelectrodeless dischargeemberembryoencouragerenergizeenergizerenkindleesquireexciteexquisitefashion platefine gentlemanfire
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fireflyfirerflameflame upflareflare upflashflushfollowfopforcefosterfribblefrygadflygallantgalvanic shockgalvanizegalvanizergaspgermgleamglimmerglimmeringglintgliskglistenglisterglitterglitteringglowglow dischargeglowwormhintideaigniteimpelimpellerincandesceinducerinitiateinspirationinspireinspirerinspiritintimationiotajack-a-dandyjackanapeskicksledkindlelady killerlady-killerlay siege to
Verb(1 words)
Related words (209)
Noun(88 words)
lemanlicklightlotebylovelove interestlovermacaronimashermetrosexualmignonmitemodicummoleculemorceaumorselmotemustard seedoochounce
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paramourparticlepennyworthpetit maîtrepiecepinchpopinjaypretty boyprigpuss-gentlemanrelishscantlingscentscintillationscoochscrapscruplesemblanceshredskerrickskooshskoshsliversmartsmatteringsmidgesmidgensmidgetsmidgysmitchsmithereensoupçonsparkersparklesparkletsparkyspatterspeckspecklespiffspotsprinklesprinklingstrainsuitorswainsweetheartswelltadtidbittidgetingetippytittletoddicktofftouchtracetrifletruelovetuppence worthtwinktwinklevestigewhiffwhitwhite chipwooer
licklight the fuselookmacaronimake suit tomake up toman-about-townmashermotivatemovemove to actionmovermoving spiritmuriel sarah sparknucleusoscillatory dischargepantparchpay attentionpay attention to
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pay court topersuaderpleaderpoulsen arcprecipitateprime moverproducepromoteprompterpropelprovokepuppypursuequickenradiate heatroastscaldscintillascintillatescintillationscorchseedseetheserenadeset in motionset offshadeshadowshimmershimmer with heatshimmeringshocksilent dischargesimmersipsmacksmatteringsmellsmoldersmothersoupconspanglespark gapspark plugsparkerspecksportsprinklingsquirestart upsteamstewstiflestimulatestimulatorstroboscopic lightsudssuesuffocatesuggestionsupsuspicionswainsweatsweetheartswellsweltertastetempterthoughttincturetingetinseltoasttouchtouch offtracetriggertriptwinkletwinklingvestigewheedlerwhitwoowooer
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More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Synonyms
7 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
has context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
84 entriesShowing 16 of 84 words.
Translations
225 translations across 90 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- vonk noun (particle of glowing matter)
Albanian
4 entries- shkëndijë noun (particle of glowing matter)
- shkëndijë noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- shtiaz noun (particle of glowing matter)
- xixë noun (particle of glowing matter)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σπινθήρ noun (particle of glowing matter)
Arabic
2 entries- شرارة noun (particle of glowing matter)
- شَرَارَة noun (particle of glowing matter)
Armenian
3 entries- կայծ noun (particle of glowing matter)
- կայծ noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- ռադիստ noun (informal: ship's radio operator)
Aromanian
2 entries- scãntealje noun (particle of glowing matter)
- scãntealji noun (particle of glowing matter)
Assamese
1 entries- ফিৰিঙটি noun (particle of glowing matter)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qığılcım noun (particle of glowing matter)
Basque
1 entries- txinparta noun (particle of glowing matter)
Belarusian
1 entries- і́скра noun (particle of glowing matter)
Bengali
1 entries- স্ফুলিঙ্গ noun (particle of glowing matter)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- चिंगारी noun (particle of glowing matter)
Bulgarian
4 entries- искра́ noun (particle of glowing matter)
- искра́ noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- проблясък noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
- искря verb (to give off sparks)
Burmese
2 entries- မီးပွား noun (particle of glowing matter)
- မီးပွား noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
Catalan
4 entries- centella noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- espurna noun (particle of glowing matter)
- espurna noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- espurna noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پِرشِنگ noun (particle of glowing matter)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 微量 noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
- 火花 noun (particle of glowing matter)
- 火花 noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Czech
2 entries- jiskra noun (particle of glowing matter)
- jiskra noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Danish
3 entries- gnist noun (particle of glowing matter)
- gnist noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- gnist noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
Dutch
4 entries- sprank noun (particle of glowing matter)
- vonk noun (particle of glowing matter)
- vonk noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- vuursprank noun (particle of glowing matter)
Esperanto
2 entries- fajrero noun (particle of glowing matter)
- sparko noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Estonian
1 entries- säde noun (particle of glowing matter)
Faroese
1 entries- neisti noun (particle of glowing matter)
Finnish
3 entries- kipinä noun (particle of glowing matter)
- kipinä noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- kipinöidä verb (to give off sparks)
French
3 entries- flammèche noun (particle of glowing matter)
- étincelle noun (particle of glowing matter)
- étincelle noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
Galician
4 entries- famelga noun (particle of glowing matter)
- faísca noun (particle of glowing matter)
- faísca noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- funisca noun (particle of glowing matter)
Georgian
1 entries- ნაპერწკალი noun (particle of glowing matter)
German
2 entries- Funke noun (particle of glowing matter)
- Funke noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Greek
1 entries- σπινθήρας noun (particle of glowing matter)
Hebrew
4 entries- גֵּץ noun (particle of glowing matter)
- זִיק noun (particle of glowing matter)
- נִיצוֹץ noun (particle of glowing matter)
- נִיצוֹץ noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Hindi
1 entries- चिंगारी noun (particle of glowing matter)
Hungarian
1 entries- szikra noun (particle of glowing matter)
Icelandic
1 entries- neisti noun (particle of glowing matter)
Ido
1 entries- cintilo noun (particle of glowing matter)
Irish
4 entries- drithle noun (particle of glowing matter)
- splanc noun (particle of glowing matter)
- splanc noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
- spréach noun (particle of glowing matter)
Italian
3 entries- scintilla noun (particle of glowing matter)
- scintilla noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- scintilla noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
Japanese
3 entries- スパーク noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- 火の粉 noun (particle of glowing matter)
- 火花 noun (particle of glowing matter)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұшқын noun (particle of glowing matter)
Khmer
2 entries- កំទេចភ្លើង noun (particle of glowing matter)
- ផ្កាភ្លើង noun (particle of glowing matter)
Korean
2 entries- 불꽃 noun (particle of glowing matter)
- 스파크 noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- учкун noun (particle of glowing matter)
Lao
2 entries- ປະກາຍ noun (particle of glowing matter)
- ລູກໄຟ noun (particle of glowing matter)
Latgalian
2 entries- dzierksts noun (particle of glowing matter)
- spierksts noun (particle of glowing matter)
Latin
1 entries- scintilla noun (particle of glowing matter)
Latvian
3 entries- dzirkstele noun (particle of glowing matter)
- dzirkstele noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- dzirksts noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
Linngithigh
1 entries- mwi noun (particle of glowing matter)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kibirkštis noun (particle of glowing matter)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- škrja noun (particle of glowing matter)
- škrja noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Luba-Kasai
1 entries- lusase noun (particle of glowing matter)
Luba-Katanga
1 entries- lusase noun (particle of glowing matter)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Fonk noun (particle of glowing matter)
Macedonian
1 entries- и́скра noun (particle of glowing matter)
Malay
2 entries- bunga api noun (particle of glowing matter)
- percikan noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Malayalam
1 entries- തീപ്പൊരി noun (particle of glowing matter)
Mazanderani
1 entries- سریکه noun (particle of glowing matter)
Middle English
4 entries- sparke noun (particle of glowing matter)
- sparkel noun (particle of glowing matter)
- sparkel noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
- sparken verb (to give off sparks)
Māori
1 entries- korā noun (particle of glowing matter)
Nanai
1 entries- посин noun (particle of glowing matter)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- gnist noun (particle of glowing matter)
- gnist noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- gnist noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
- gnist noun (informal: ship's radio operator)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- gneiste noun (particle of glowing matter)
- gneiste noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- gneiste noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
Occitan
2 entries- beluga noun (particle of glowing matter)
- scintila noun (particle of glowing matter)
Old Armenian
4 entries- կայծ noun (particle of glowing matter)
- կայծ noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- կայծակն noun (particle of glowing matter)
- կայծակն noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Old Prussian
1 entries- spanxti noun (particle of glowing matter)
Persian
4 entries- ابیز noun (particle of glowing matter)
- اخگر noun (particle of glowing matter)
- اسپیرک noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- جرقه noun (particle of glowing matter)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Funk noun (particle of glowing matter)
Polish
2 entries- iskra noun (particle of glowing matter)
- iskrzyć verb (to give off sparks)
Portuguese
4 entries- centelha noun (particle of glowing matter)
- chispa noun (particle of glowing matter)
- fagulha noun (particle of glowing matter)
- faísca noun (particle of glowing matter)
Romanian
2 entries- scânteie noun (particle of glowing matter)
- scânteia verb (to give off sparks)
Romansch
1 entries- sbrinzel noun (particle of glowing matter)
Russian
4 entries- и́скра noun (particle of glowing matter)
- и́скра noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- искра́ noun (particle of glowing matter)
- искра́ noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Sardinian
2 entries- schinchidha noun (particle of glowing matter)
- scincidha noun (particle of glowing matter)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- iskra noun (particle of glowing matter)
- iskra noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- varnica noun (particle of glowing matter)
- varnica noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Sicilian
3 entries- faiḍḍa noun (particle of glowing matter)
- faiḍḍa noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- spisiḍḍa noun (particle of glowing matter)
Slovak
1 entries- iskra noun (particle of glowing matter)
Slovene
1 entries- iskra noun (particle of glowing matter)
Spanish
4 entries- centella noun (particle of glowing matter)
- centella noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- chiribita noun (particle of glowing matter)
- chispa noun (particle of glowing matter)
Swahili
1 entries- spaki noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Swedish
2 entries- gnista noun (particle of glowing matter)
- gnista noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Tajik
1 entries- шарора noun (particle of glowing matter)
Tamil
4 entries- அனற்பொறி noun (particle of glowing matter)
- தீப்பொறி noun (particle of glowing matter)
- நெருப்புப்பொறி noun (particle of glowing matter)
- பொறி noun (particle of glowing matter)
Thai
2 entries- ประกาย noun (particle of glowing matter)
- ลูกไฟ noun (particle of glowing matter)
Turkish
2 entries- kıvılcım noun (particle of glowing matter)
- kıvılcım noun (figurative: small amount of something, which has the potential to become something greater)
Turkmen
1 entries- uçgun noun (particle of glowing matter)
Ukrainian
1 entries- і́скра noun (particle of glowing matter)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- škra noun (particle of glowing matter)
- škra noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Urdu
1 entries- چنگاری noun (particle of glowing matter)
Uzbek
1 entries- uchqun noun (particle of glowing matter)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tia lửa noun (particle of glowing matter)
- tia lửa điện noun (burst of electrical discharge)
Walloon
4 entries- blawete noun (particle of glowing matter)
- flamaxhe noun (particle of glowing matter)
- spite noun (particle of glowing matter)
- spitron noun (particle of glowing matter)
Welsh
4 entries- gwreichionen noun (particle of glowing matter)
- gwreichionen noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- taniad noun (burst of electrical discharge)
- gwreichioni verb (to give off sparks)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
A small spark often kindles a large flame.
Source: tatoeba (389365)
You really ought to change your spark plugs.
Source: tatoeba (454501)
Joy, beautiful spark of the gods, daughter of Elysium, we approach fire-drunk, heavenly One, your shrine.
Source: tatoeba (1035747)
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