queimar

//kɐj.ˈmaɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,337

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

queimar is aPortugueseverb. It means: sofrer combustão rápida ou consumir combustível de maneira a liberar calor, gases e luz Pronounced /kɐj.ˈmaɾ/. It ranks #5,337 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with queira and queixa.

Key facts for queimar
PropertyValue
Headwordqueimar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kɐj.ˈmaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,337
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of queimar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for queimar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐj.ˈmaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,337 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for queimar, with forms such as "qeuimar", "qqueimar", and "queiamr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "queira", "queixa", "quitar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is queimar, spelled Q-U-E-I-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sofrer combustão rápida ou consumir combustível de maneira a liberar calor, gases e luz
  2. 2
    sentir calor ou uma sensação fisiologicamente parecida; sentir dor como se estivesse em chamas
  3. 3
    sentir emoção ou paixão forte
  4. 4
    cozinhar além do ponto
  5. 5
    ser executado pelo fogo
  6. 6
    se ferir com fogo
  7. 7
    ressecar
  8. 8
    deixar de funcionar (lâmpada, fusível, etc) por desgaste gradual e natural de uso provocado pela eletricidade
  9. 9
    deixar de funcionar (lâmpada, fusível, etc) por dano direto cirscuntancial repentino ocasionado por sobretensão súbita
  10. 10
    errar o saque
  11. 11
    passar por, não cumprindo, não realizando ou não vivenciando
  12. 12
    sair antes da sinalização que autoriza ou valida a largada
  13. 13
    ser guei
  14. 14
    gravar conjunto de dados em uma mídia opticamente legível a deformando ao criar minúsculas valetas em seu material com uso de um lêiser

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: qeuimar,qqueimar,queiamr,queimarr,queimmar,queimra,quemiar,quiemar,uqeimar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for queimar

Misspelling Variants of "queimar"

qeuimar7qqueimar8queiamr7queimarr8queimmar8queimra7quemiar7quiemar7
Misspelling Variants of "queimar"

Frequency rank: #5,337 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "queimar"?
"queimar" is spelled Q-U-E-I-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐj.ˈmaɾ/.
What does "queimar" mean?
As a verb, "queimar" means: sofrer combustão rápida ou consumir combustível de maneira a liberar calor, gases e luz
What words are commonly confused with "queimar"?
"queimar" is commonly confused with "queira", "queixa", "quitar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "queimar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "queimar" is /kɐj.ˈmaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "queimar" come from?
"queimar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.