English-Portuguese translations for fuse

• pavio
• estopim
• fundir
  Não é possível fundir economias diferentes, com taxas de crescimento diferentes e diferentes padrões de comércio com todo o mundo. You cannot fuse together different economies with different rates of growth and with different patterns of trade across the world.
• fusível
• rastilho
  Quem cilindrar esse princípio poderá estar mesmo a acender o rastilho desse barril pólvora. Whoever denies this might well be the one to light the fuse to the powder keg.

Definition of fuse

• A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device
• The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device
• A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it
• A friction match for smokersuse, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind
• To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably
• To furnish with or install a fuse

Examples

• When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse

Related words

• confuse
• profuse
• refuse
• confused
• infuse
• suffuse
• fusebox
• fuselage
• perfuse