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quemar

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /keˈmaɾ/ [keˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: que‧mar

Verb

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

  1. to burn

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /keˈmaɾ/ [keˈmaɾ]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: que‧mar

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to burn
    Quemad vuestras casas.
    Burn your houses down.
  2. (transitive) to scorch, to sear
    Synonym: chamuscar
  3. (transitive) to tan
  4. (intransitive) to be very hot
    Quema mucho.
    It's 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, 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.
  9. (transitive, Rioplatense, colloquial) to call out, expose
  10. (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

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  • 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.

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