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

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

• IPA^(key): /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)

• 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28