quemar
Appearance
Asturian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *caimāre, a Greek-influenced modification of Latin cremāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]quemar (first-person singular indicative present quemo, past participle quemáu)
- to burn
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of quemar
| infinitive | quemar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | quemando | ||||||
| past participle | m quemáu, f quemada, n quemao, m pl quemaos, f pl quemaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | quemo | quemes | quema | quemamos | quemáis | quemen |
| imperfect | quemaba | quemabes | quemaba | quemábemos, quemábamos | quemabeis, quemabais | quemaben | |
| preterite | quemé | quemasti, quemesti | quemó | quememos | quemastis, quemestis | quemaron | |
| pluperfect | quemare, quemara | quemares, quemaras | quemare, quemara | quemáremos, quemáramos | quemareis, quemarais | quemaren, quemaran | |
| future | quemaré | quemarás | quemará | quemaremos | quemaréis | quemarán | |
| conditional | quemaría | quemaríes | quemaría | quemaríemos, quemaríamos | quemaríeis, quemaríais | quemaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | queme | quemes, quemas | queme | quememos | queméis | quemen, queman |
| imperfect | quemare, quemara | quemares, quemaras | quemare, quemara | quemáremos, quemáramos | quemareis, quemarais | quemaren, quemaran | |
| imperative | — | quema | — | — | quemái | — | |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quemar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
- García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “quemar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish quemar, from Vulgar Latin *caimāre, a Greek-influenced modification of Latin cremāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]quemar (first-person singular present quemo, first-person singular preterite quemé, past participle quemado)
- (transitive) to burn
- Quemad vuestras casas.
- Burn your houses down.
- (transitive) to scorch, to sear
- Synonym: chamuscar
- (transitive) to tan
- (intransitive) to be very hot
- Quema mucho.
- It's very hot.
- (transitive, colloquial) to freeze
- (intransitive, colloquial) to be very cold
- (transitive, computing) to burn (e.g. a CD)
- (transitive, Rioplatense, Internet slang, colloquial) to wear out, overuse (a meme, a phrase, a song, a joke, etc)
- Han quemado ese meme.
- They've overused that meme.
- (transitive, Rioplatense, colloquial) to call out, expose
- (reflexive, Colombia, politics, derogatory) to lose an election
- 2026, Walter Alfonso Rodríguez Chaparro, 19:19 from the start, in ¡Soy SENADOR! POLO POLO HA DESAPARECIDO - #WALLYOPINA[1]:
- También se quemó Hassan Nassar [...] yo creo que ustedes ni sabían que era candidato
- Hassan Nassar also lost [...] I think y'all didn't even know he was a candidate
- 2026, Juan Carlos Rincón, 4:37 from the start, in ¿Va ganando Paloma? ¿Colombia es de izquierda? ¿Fajardo existe? Y más...[2]:
- La lista de Roy [...] se quemó en el Senado y como que sólo va a tener un representante
- Roy [Barreras]'s list [...] lost in the Senate and it seems it will only have one representative
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of quemar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | quemar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | quemando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | quemado | quemada | |||||
| plural | quemados | quemadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | quemo | quemastú quemásvos |
quema | quemamos | quemáis | queman | |
| imperfect | quemaba | quemabas | quemaba | quemábamos | quemabais | quemaban | |
| preterite | quemé | quemaste | quemó | quemamos | quemasteis | quemaron | |
| future | quemaré | quemarás | quemará | quemaremos | quemaréis | quemarán | |
| conditional | quemaría | quemarías | quemaría | quemaríamos | quemaríais | quemarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | queme | quemestú quemésvos2 |
queme | quememos | queméis | quemen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
quemara | quemaras | quemara | quemáramos | quemarais | quemaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
quemase | quemases | quemase | quemásemos | quemaseis | quemasen | |
| future1 | quemare | quemares | quemare | quemáremos | quemareis | quemaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | quematú quemávos |
queme | quememos | quemad | quemen | ||
| negative | no quemes | no queme | no quememos | no queméis | no quemen | ||
Selected combined forms of quemar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quemar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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