chwythu ffiws

Welsh

Etymology

Calque of English blow a fuse.

Verb

chwythu ffiws (first-person singular present chwythaf ffiws, not mutable)

  1. (electronics) to blow a fuse
    Synonym: llosgi ffiws

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “blow”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “chwythu”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
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