English-Spanish translations for fuse

fusibleSi no hay un entusiasmo por ello, no votaremos a favor de la aprobación y no haremos que solo salten los fusibles. We should not vote for discharge if there is no enthusiasm for it and not blow only the fuses.
fusionar
mechaEs muy posible que quien pisotee este principio acabe encendiendo la mecha él solo. Whoever denies this might well be the one to light the fuse to the powder keg. Esta Directiva, tal como han dicho una serie de colegas, lleva incorporada una mecha de combustión muy lenta. This directive, as a number of colleagues have said, has a very slow-burning fuse to it. ¿No deberíamos pensar en el peligro que supone la mecha, siempre encendida, de las facciones armadas más agresivas y extremistas del fundamentalismo islámico internacional? Should we not think about the danger posed by the constantly smouldering fuse of the most aggressive and extremist armed factions of international Islamic fundamentalism?

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

Dictionary