ashes
La escuela quedó reducida a cenizas.
The school was reduced to ashes.
Aún me da tristeza cada vez que paso por esa pila de cenizas.
I still feel sad every time I pass by that pile of ashes.
— It (Eso) (2017)
El incendio redujo a cenizas todo el pueblo.
The fire reduced the entire town to ashes.
Fuego y llamas durante un año, cenizas durante treinta.
Fire and flames for one year, ashes for thirty.
— El gatopardo (1963)
Iría a la isla de Rûgen y echaría tus cenizas al viento.
I would go to the island of Rûgen and scatter your ashes to the wind.
— Corre Lola, corre (1998)
Everything was reduced to ashes.