Fuegos

Fuegos is the plural form of fuego in Spanish, meaning fires. It covers flames in various contexts, including natural wildfires, campfires, household fires, and industrial flames. In general usage, fuegos refers to more than one fire.

Etymology and grammar: Fuego comes from Latin focus; fuegos is formed by adding -es as the standard masculine plural. The term is gendered masculine; adjectives and articles align.

Usage and expressions: Common terms include fuegos artificiales (fireworks) and apagar fuegos in the sense of extinguishing fires. The phrase fuego fatuo, meaning will-o'-the-wisp, exists in the singular; its plural form fuegos fatuos is used in some texts.

Toponyms and culture: In Spanish-speaking regions, fuegos can appear in place names or in titles of works, reflecting the word's broad sense of flame and heat and its metaphorical associations with passion, danger, or renewal.

See also: Fuego, Fuegos artificiales, Fuego fatuo.