quemar
Spanish, verb/keˈmaɾ/
quemar is spelled Q-U-E-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,594th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quemar is a Spanish verb meaning “to burn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Prender fuego y hacer que la cosa arda hasta consumirse total o parcialmente”.
What does quemar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to burn
Quemad vuestras casas.
- 2
to scorch, to sear
- 3
to tan
- 4
to be very hot
Quema mucho.
- 5
colloquialto freeze
- 6
colloquialto be very cold
- 7
to burn (e.g. a CD)
- 8
colloquialto wear out, overuse (a meme, a phrase, a song, a joke, etc)
Han quemado ese meme.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Prender fuego y hacer que la cosa arda hasta consumirse total o parcialmente. 2. Calentar en exceso alguna cosa. 3. Producir una herida mediante el fuego, el sol o algún objeto que emane calor. 4. Producir un ardor en la boca, el estómago u otro órgano interno un alimento o bebida muy caliente, picante o irritante.
verb: 1. Estar muy caliente una cosa, haciendo imposible o doloroso tocarla. 2. Perder la reputación.
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 quemar
- quemo first-person present singular
- quemé first-person preterite singular
- quemado participle past
- quemando gerund
- quemada feminine participle past
- quemados masculine participle past
- quemadas feminine participle past
- quemas indicative informal present
- quemás indicative informal present
- quema indicative present singular
- quemamos first-person indicative plural
- quemáis indicative plural present
- queman indicative plural present
- quemaba first-person imperfect indicative
- quemabas imperfect indicative second-person
- quemábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- quemabais imperfect indicative plural
- quemaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quemar?
- /keˈmaɾ/
- [keˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quemar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quemar in Spanish?
quemar appears 13 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).