quemar

• queimar

From Vulgar Latin *caimāre, a Greek-influenced modification of Latin cremāre.

quemar (first-person singular indicative present quemo, past participle quemáu)

1. to burn

• “quemar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “quemar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Spanish quemar, from Vulgar Latin *caimāre, a Greek-influenced modification of Latin cremāre.

• IPA^(key): /keˈmaɾ/ [keˈmaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: que‧mar

quemar (first-person singular present quemo, first-person singular preterite quemé, past participle quemado)

1. (transitive) to burn
2. (transitive) to scorch, to sear

   Synonym: chamuscar

3. (transitive) to tan
4. (intransitive) to be very hot
5. (transitive, colloquial) to freeze
6. (intransitive, colloquial) to be very cold
7. (transitive, computing) to burn (e.g. a CD)
8. (transitive, Rioplatense, colloquial) to wear out, overuse (a phrase, song, joke ect)
9. (transitive, Rioplatense, colloquial) to call out, expose

• The usual verb for to tan is broncear(se) (almost always reflexive).
• When used to indicate cold, the speaker must clarify so unless the context is known.

  Han quemado muchos árboles en la montaña.

  Too many trees have been burned down on the mountain.

  Había nevado tanto que el frío quemaba en la montaña.

  It had snowed so much that it was freezing by the mountain.

• “quemar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024