set the missionary vision alight

Spanish translation: prender la llama misionera

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English term or phrase:set the missionary vision alight
Spanish translation:prender la llama misionera
Entered by: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

08:59 Dec 15, 2009
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Religion / Book for Sunday School teachers
English term or phrase: set the missionary vision alight
As an example tell how the Lord used this particular commandment (Thou shalt not steal) to bring an awareness of sin to the bright young shoemaker, William Carey (later to be used by God to ***set the missionary vision alight*** in the eighteenth century).
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 13:02
prender la llama misionera / evangelizadora / apostólica
Explanation:
alight1 /ə'laɪt/ adjetivo (pred) to be ~ estar(conj.⇒) ardiendo;
to set sth ~ prender(le) fuego a algo
set alight pegar fuego v
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 13:02
Grading comment
Gracias, Bea
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2prender la llama misionera / evangelizadora / apostólica
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
5para incentivar la visión misionera
Rosa Pugliese
4encender la visión/misión apostólica
Carmen Schultz
3revitalizar la visión apostólica
Olga Alex


  

Answers


38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
revitalizar la visión apostólica


Explanation:
Una idea

Olga Alex
Spain
Local time: 13:02
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 110
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
prender la llama misionera / evangelizadora / apostólica


Explanation:
alight1 /ə'laɪt/ adjetivo (pred) to be ~ estar(conj.⇒) ardiendo;
to set sth ~ prender(le) fuego a algo
set alight pegar fuego v
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=ali...


Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 13:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1286
Grading comment
Gracias, Bea

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ma.Elena Carrión de Medina: Me gustan estas opciones!
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, MªElena - Bea

agree  Marjory Hord: me gusta prender la llama y lo mejor "misionera" pues a Carey le dicen padre de las misiones
17 hrs
  -> Volvemos a coincidir. Saludos, Marjory - Bea
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
encender la visión/misión apostólica


Explanation:
a couple of options

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Note added at 58 mins (2009-12-15 09:57:40 GMT)
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otra posibilidad que se me ocurre es:
"Encender la visión Evangelizadora"


Webster's Online:
Main Entry: evangelizador, evangelizadora
Function: noun
Language: Spanish
: evangelist, missionary


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-15 10:11:20 GMT)
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o simplemente "Encender la misión evangelizadora"

Carmen Schultz
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
para incentivar la visión misionera


Explanation:
Misionero es relativo a las misiones.

Rosa Pugliese
United States
Local time: 07:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 26
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