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Search term: english backfire has 3 meanings, 2 synonym groups and 10 synonyms

English

  • backfire
    • automobiles
    • effect
    • plan

German

  • Fehlzündung Info
  • eine Fehlzündung
    haben Info
  • fehlschlagen Info
  • sich selbst
    schaden Info

French

  • avoir un raté Info
  • foirer Info 
  • pétarader Info 
  • raté Info 
  • raté d'allumage Info
  • retomber sur Info
  • se retourner
    contre Info
  • échouer Info 

Italian

  • andare all'aria Info
  • dare ritorni di
    fiamma Info
  • fallire Info
  • ricadere Info 
  • ritorcersi Info
  • ritorno di fiamma Info
  • riversarsi Info

Spanish

  • petardear Info
  • petardeo Info
  • salir el tiro por
    la culata Info

Dutch

  • een averechtse
    uitwerking hebben Info
  • mislopen Info
  • naontsteking Info
  • op iemands eigen
    hoofd neerkomen Info
  • terugslaan Info
  • terugslag Info

Portuguese

  • falha de ignição Info
  • falhar Info
  • sair pela culatra Info
  • virar-se contra Info

Swedish

  • baktända Info
  • baktändning Info
  • falla tillbaka på Info
  • misslyckas Info
  • slå slint Info

Synonyms for backfire

explode : blow up, burst, detonate, erupt
recoil : boomerang, rebound, miscarry, kick back, bounce back, backlash

Verb forms of backfire

Additional specification - ... ...
Present participle backfiring Past participle backfired
  I You He/She/It We You They
Present backfire backfire backfires backfire backfire backfire
Past backfired backfired backfired backfired backfired backfired
Future will backfire will backfire will backfire will backfire will backfire will backfire
Present conditional would backfire would backfire would backfire would backfire would backfire would backfire
Present Perfect have backfired have backfired has backfired have backfired have backfired have backfired
Past Perfect had backfired had backfired had backfired had backfired had backfired had backfired
Future Perfect will have backfired will have backfired will have backfired will have backfired will have backfired will have backfired
Past conditional would have backfired would have backfired would have backfired would have backfired would have backfired would have backfired
Imperative - backfire - - - -

backfire - Translation of words, word sequences and short sentences into the languages German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish