mechero
masc./fem.noun
1. lighter
for lighting things
Common combinations
- mechero de bolsillo — pocket lighter
- recargar el mechero — refill the lighter
- Llevaba un mechero en el bolsillo.He had a lighter in his pocket.
- ¿Tienes un mechero para encender la vela?Do you have a lighter to light the candle?
- El mechero no funciona.The lighter doesn’t work.
2. gas burner
on a gas cooker
Common combinations
- mechero de la cocina — stove burner
- mechero de gas — gas burner
- Apaga el mechero de la cocina.Turn off the burner on the stove.
- La olla está sobre el mechero pequeño.The pot is on the small burner.
- El mechero de gas no enciende.The gas burner won’t light.
3. gas flare
Ecuador · in an oil installation
Common combinations
- mechero petrolero — oil-field gas flare
- quema continua de gas — continuous gas flaring
- En Ecuador hay mecheros que queman gas de forma continua.In Ecuador, there are gas flares that burn gas continuously.
- El mechero de la petrolera arde día y noche.The oil company’s gas flare burns day and night.
- Los vecinos viven cerca de varios mecheros.The neighbors live near several gas flares.
4. shoplifter
colloquial · person who steals from shops
Common combinations
- mechero de tiendas — shoplifter
- La policía detuvo a un mechero en la tienda.The police arrested a shoplifter in the store.
- El mechero escondió ropa en su bolsa.The shoplifter hid clothes in his bag.
- Vieron al mechero salir sin pagar.They saw the shoplifter leave without paying.
Same root
mecha