Also means
sweetheart (figurative)
Usage Note
Fiamma is the standard word for a flame or tongue of fire: le fiamme dell'incendio (the flames of the fire). Colloquially it also means an old flame or sweetheart: il mio primo amore, la mia fiamma — note the feminine gender. The plural is regular: fiamme. The phrase andare in fiamme means 'to burst into flames.'
Examples
"La candela proietta una piccola fiamma."
Natural Translation
The candle casts a small flame.
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