quema
Spanish, noun
quema is spelled Q-U-E-M-A (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quema is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fire; flame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of quemar. With an accent, quemá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of quemar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de quemar”.
What does quema mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefire; flame
- 2
feminineburning
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of quemar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de quemar. 2. Combustión completa de los residuos o materia orgánica hasta su conversión en cenizas. 3. Lugar destinado para la quema. 4. Situación económica desastrosa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quema
- quemas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to quema
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quema in Spanish?
quema appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).