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quemar

/keˈmaɾ/, [keˈmaɾ]

burn, burn down

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

  1. (transitive) to burn
  2. (transitive) to scorch, to sear
  3. (transitive) to tan
  4. (intransitive) to be very hot
  5. (transitive, colloquial) to freeze
  6. (intransitive, colloquial) to be very cold
  7. (transitive, computing) to burn (e.g. a CD)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Quemar la vela por ambos extremos la reduce a cera muy deprisa - igual que un mujeriego que tuviese una mujer atractiva en cada brazo.

    Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm.

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  • Vivir la vida en la pista rápida es como quemar una vela por ambos extremos.

    Living life in the fast lane is like burning the candle at both ends.

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  • Gracias por quemar mi camisa con tu cigarrillo.

    Thank you for burning my shirt with your cigarette.

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  • Lo más duro en la vida es saber qué puentes se han de cruzar y cuáles se han de quemar.

    The hardest thing in life is knowing which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.

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  • Esos se pueden quemar con más facilidad.

    They can burn more easily.

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  • No debemos quemar nuestro bosque, porque es la fuente del oxígeno que respiramos.

    We mustn't burn our forest, because it is the source of the oxygen we breathe.

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  • Cristóbal Colón decidió una vez reducir toda una aldea a cenizas después de que uno de los nativos le robase su loro. Estaba decepcionado por no poder quemar el agua, así que inventó el flúor.

    Christopher Columbus once decided to burn absolutely everything in an entire village after one of the natives stole his parrot. He was disappointed that he couldn't burn their water. So he invented fluorine.

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  • Si nos revolvés el arroz, se va a quemar.

    If you don't stir the rice, it will burn.

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  • Quemar la basura tan cerca de la casa no fue una buena idea.

    Burning the trash so close to the house wasn't a good idea.

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  • No te vayas a quemar.

    Be careful not to burn yourself.

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