quemar
verbo transitivo
1 (hacer arder) [+fuego, sol] [+papeles, mueble, arroz, patatas] to burn; [+edificio] to burn down; [+coche] to set fire to
lo quemaron vivo he was burned alive; las quemaron en la hoguera they were burned at the stake; tenía el rostro quemado por el sol he had a sunburned face; el incendio ha quemado varias hectáreas de bosque the fire has destroyed o burned down several hectares of woodland
he quemado la camisa con la plancha I scorched o burned my shirt with the iron
los guerrilleros quemaron varias aldeas the guerrillas set fire to o burned several villages
[+líquido hirviendo] to scald; [+ácido, frío, helada] to burn la pomada parece que te quema el brazo the cream makes your arm burn
2 (dar sensación de calor) [+radiador, especia picante] to burn
el radiador me está quemando la espalda the radiator is burning my back; esta bebida te quema la garganta this drink burns your throat
4 (gastar) [+calorías] to burn; burn up [+energías] to burn off [+fortuna] to squander; [+dinero] to blow (familiar); squander; [+recursos] to use up
quemó su dinero en la lotería he blew his money on the lottery (familiar)
quemar etapas to rush ahead with things
5 (fastidiar) to bug (familiar); get (familiar)
lo que más me quemó fue que me tratara como a un estúpido what bugged (familiar) me o got (familiar) me most was the way he treated me as if I was stupid
verbo intransitivo
1 (arder) [+comida, líquido, metal] to be boiling (hot); [+mejillas] to be burning
la sopa está quemando the soup is boiling (hot); ya no quema it's not too hot now
le quemaban las mejillas her cheeks were burning; ¡cómo quema el sol! the sun's really scorching (hot)!; este sol no quema nada (Latinoamérica) you won't get tanned in this sun
verbo pronominal
quemarse1 [+persona] (con fuego) to burn o.s.; (con el sol) to get burned
se quemó con aceite hirviendo he burned himself on hot oil; me quemé la lengua con la sopa I burned my tongue on the soup; para no quemarse con el sol to avoid getting sunburnt
quemarse a lo bonzo to set fire to o.s.
2 (arder) [+cuadros, papeles] to get burned; [+edificio] to burn down; [+comida] to burn
se está quemando la cortina the curtain is getting burned
se me ha quemado la cena I've burned the dinner; the dinner has burned
se han quemado 100 hectáreas de pinares en el incendio 100 hectares of pinewood have been destroyed in the fire; no te acerques a la chimenea que se te va a quemar la ropa don't go too close to the fire or you'll scorch o burn your clothes
por el olor parece que algo se está quemando it smells like something is burning
3 (desprestigiarse)
tantos años trabajando en esto y aún no se ha quemado so many years working on this and he's still going strong
quiere hacer menos en televisión para no quemarse en poco tiempo he wants to do less television to avoid overexposure o becoming overexposed; te quemás si salís con él (Arg) (Uru) you'll look really bad if you go out with him