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1 quemar
v.1 to burn.quemaron una bandera americana they set fire to an American flagEl fuego quemó las cortinas The fire burned=burnt the curtains.Elsa quemó la madera Elsa burned=set fire to the wood.2 to go through, to fritter away (malgastar) (ahorros).3 to burn out (informal) (desgastar).4 to be (scalding) hot (estar caliente).ten cuidado que la sopa quema be careful, the soup's (scalding) hot5 to burn off, to consume, to burn up.El ejercicio quema calorías Exercise burns off calories.6 to be scorching, to be beating down, to be blazing down, to be blazing out.Este sol quema This sun is scorching.* * *2 (incendiar) to set on fire3 (destilar) to distil1 (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot3 figurado (ir a acertar) to get warm■ ¡que te quemas! you're getting warm!* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=hacer arder)a) [fuego, sol] [+ papeles, mueble, arroz, patatas] to burn; [+ edificio] to burn down; [+ coche] to set fire toel 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
nave 1)los guerrilleros quemaron varias aldeas — the guerrillas set fire to o burned several villages
b) [líquido hirviendo] to scald; [ácido, frío, helada] to burn2) (=dar sensación de calor) [radiador, especia picante] to burn3) [+ fusible] to blow4) (=gastar)a) [+ calorías] to burn, burn up; [+ energías] to burn offb) [+ fortuna] to squander; [+ dinero] to blow *, squander; [+ recursos] to use up5) * (=fastidiar) to bug *, get *lo que más me quemó fue que me tratara como a un estúpido — what bugged * me o got * me most was the way he treated me as if I was stupid
6) (=desgastar) [+ político, gobierno] to destroy, be the ruin ofun escándalo sexual puede quemar a cualquier político — a sex scandal can destroy o can be the ruin of any politician
tanto aparecer en televisión va a quemar su carrera — all these TV appearances will damage his career
7) (Com) [+ precios] to slash, cut; [+ géneros] to sell off cheap8) Cuba (=estafar) to swindle9) CAm (=denunciar) to denounce, inform on10) Ven * [con arma de fuego] to shoot11) Arg, Uru2. VI1) (=arder) [comida, líquido, metal] to be boiling (hot); [mejillas] to be burning¡cómo quema el sol! — the sun's really scorching (hot)!
este sol no quema nada — LAm you won't get tanned in this sun
2) (=picar) [especia, picante] to burn3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <basura/documentos> to burnb) <herejes/brujas> to burn... at the stake3) ( accidentalmente)a) <comida/mesa/mantel> to burn; ( con la plancha) to scorchb) líquido/vapor to scaldc) ácido <ropa/piel> to burn4) ( malgastar) <fortuna/herencia> to squander2.quemar vi1) ( estar muy caliente) plato/fuente to be very hot; café/sopa to be boiling (hot) (colloq)2) sol to burn3.quemarse v pron1)a) (refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; <mano/lengua> to burn; <pelo/cejas> to singeb) (fam) ( en juegos)caliente, caliente... te quemaste! — getting warmer, warmer... you're burning! (colloq)
c) ( al sol - ponerse rojo) to get burned; (- broncearse) (AmL) to tan2)a) ( destruirse) papeles to get burned; edificio to burn downb) ( sufrir daños) alfombra/vestido to get burned; comida to burn; (+ me/te/le etc)3) persona ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out; ( pasar de moda)un cantante que se quemó en un par de años — a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of years
* * *= burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear, singe, scald.Ex. In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.Ex. The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.Ex. Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex. The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.Ex. This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.Ex. If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.Ex. Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.Ex. Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.Ex. In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.----* fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.* más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out.* quemar completamente = burn out.* quemarse = go up in + flames.* quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.* sin quemar = unburned.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <basura/documentos> to burnb) <herejes/brujas> to burn... at the stake3) ( accidentalmente)a) <comida/mesa/mantel> to burn; ( con la plancha) to scorchb) líquido/vapor to scaldc) ácido <ropa/piel> to burn4) ( malgastar) <fortuna/herencia> to squander2.quemar vi1) ( estar muy caliente) plato/fuente to be very hot; café/sopa to be boiling (hot) (colloq)2) sol to burn3.quemarse v pron1)a) (refl) (con fuego, calor) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; <mano/lengua> to burn; <pelo/cejas> to singeb) (fam) ( en juegos)caliente, caliente... te quemaste! — getting warmer, warmer... you're burning! (colloq)
c) ( al sol - ponerse rojo) to get burned; (- broncearse) (AmL) to tan2)a) ( destruirse) papeles to get burned; edificio to burn downb) ( sufrir daños) alfombra/vestido to get burned; comida to burn; (+ me/te/le etc)3) persona ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out; ( pasar de moda)un cantante que se quemó en un par de años — a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of years
* * *= burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear, singe, scald.Ex: In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.
Ex: The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.Ex: Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex: The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.Ex: This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.Ex: If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.Ex: Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.Ex: Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.Ex: In the morning my shower started to splurt out boiling water, scalding my head so badly it has blistered.* fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.* más quemado que la pipa (de) un indio = completely burned-out.* quemar completamente = burn out.* quemarse = go up in + flames.* quemarse completamente = go up in + smoke.* sin quemar = unburned.* * *quemar [A1 ]vtA (destruir, eliminar)1 ‹basura/documentos› to burn; ‹gases› to burn off2 (en la hoguera) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stakeB1 ‹leña/combustible/incienso› to burn2 ‹calorías› to burn up; ‹grasa› to burn off1 ‹comida› to burn; ‹mesa/mantel› to burn; (con la plancha) to scorchme quemó con el cigarrillo he burned me with his cigarette2 «líquido/vapor» to scald3 «ácido» ‹ropa/piel› to burn4 ‹motor› to burn… out; ‹fusible› to blowD1 «sol» ‹plantas› to scorchla helada quemó los geranios the frost burned o damaged the geraniumsE (malgastar) ‹fortuna/herencia› to squanderF( RPl arg) (hacer quedar mal) ‹persona› lo quemaron publicando esa foto it made him look ridiculous o it was very embarrassing for him when they published that photoloco, me quemaste diciéndole eso you idiot, you really messed me up ( AmE) o ( BrE) dropped me in it by telling him that ( colloq)G ‹CD› to burn■ quemarviA (estar muy caliente) «plato/fuente» to be very hot; «café/sopa» to be boiling ( colloq), to be boiling hot ( colloq), to be very hotB «sol» to burnaunque está nublado el sol quema igual even though it's cloudy, you can still get burneda estas horas el sol quema mucho at this time of day, the sun is very strong o really burns■ quemarseA1 ( refl) (lastimarse) to burn oneself; (con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself; ‹mano/lengua› to burn; ‹pelo/cejas› to singeme quemé con la plancha I burned myself on the iron2 ( fam)(en juegos): caliente, caliente … ¡te quemaste! getting warmer, warmer … you're burning o boiling! ( colloq)B1 (destruirse) «papeles» to get burned o burnt; «edificio» to burn down2 (sufrir daños) «alfombra/vestido» to get burned o burnt; «comida» to burnaquí se está quemando algo something's burning(+ me/te/le etc): se me quemaron las tostadas I burned the toast, the toast burnedC «persona»1 (desgastarse, agotarse) to burn oneself out2(pasarse de moda): un cantante que se quemó en un par de años a singer who disappeared from the scene after a couple of yearsen el mundo del espectáculo te quemas rápidamente in show business you're only famous for a short timeD( RPl arg) «persona» (quedar mal): te quemás si les hacés un regalo así it'll look really bad if you give them a gift like thatno digas eso en la entrevista porque te quemás don't say that in your interview or you'll blow your chances ( colloq)* * *
quemar ( conjugate quemar) verbo transitivo
1
b) ‹herejes/brujas› to burn … at the stake
2 ‹ calorías› to burn up;
‹ grasa› to burn off
3
( con la plancha) to scorch
‹ fusible› to blow
‹ piel› to burn;
( broncear) (AmL) to tan
verbo intransitivo
[café/sopa] to be boiling (hot) (colloq)
quemarse verbo pronominal
1
(con líquido, vapor) to scald oneself;
‹mano/lengua› to burn;
‹pelo/cejas› to singe
(— broncearse) (AmL) to tan
2
[ edificio] to burn down
[ comida] to burn;
3 [ persona] ( desgastarse) to burn oneself out
quemar
I verbo transitivo
1 (con el sol, fuego, etc) to burn
2 (con líquido) to scald
3 fam (psíquicamente) to burn out
II vi (una bebida, etc) to be boiling hot
' quemar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicharrar
- nave
- abrasar
- incendiar
English:
burn
- burn out
- burn up
- sear
- wood
- work off
- blow
- frost
- scorch
* * *♦ vt1. [sol, con fuego, calor] to burn;[con líquido hirviendo] to scald;quemaron una bandera americana they set fire to an American flag;has quemado los macarrones you've burnt the macaroni;quemaban a los herejes en la hoguera heretics were burnt at the stake;quemar etapas [ir rápido] to come on in leaps and bounds, to progress rapidly;[ir demasiado rápido] to cut corners;quemar el último cartucho to play one's last card2. [calorías] to burn up;[grasa] to burn offel sol quemó las plantas the plants withered in the sun4. [malgastar] to run through, to fritter away;quemó sus ahorros en pocos meses she ran through her savings in just a few months6. CAm, Méx [delatar] to denounce, to inform on7. Carib, Méx [estafar] to swindleme quemaron con la publicación de esa noticia they really landed me in it by publishing that story♦ vi1. [estar caliente] to be (scalding) hot;ten cuidado que la sopa quema be careful, the soup's (scalding) hot* * *I v/t1 burn3 famrecursos use up; dinero blow famII v/i be very hot* * *quemar vt: to burn, to set fire toquemar vi: to be burning hot* * *quemar vb2. (edificio, etc) to burn down3. (estar muy caliente) to be burning hot / to be very hot¡cuidado que quema! be careful, it's very hot! -
2 stake
steik
I noun(a strong stick or post, especially a pointed one used as a support or as part of a fence.)
II
1. noun(a sum of money risked in betting: He and his friends enjoy playing cards for high stakes.)
2. verb(to bet or risk (money or something of value): I'm going to stake $5 on that horse.)- at stakestake ntr[steɪk]1 (bet) apuesta2 (give financial support to) invertir en1 (prize money) premio m sing1 (horse race) carrera f sing de caballos\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLpopularity stakes índice nombre masculino de popularidad————————tr[steɪk]1 (stick) estaca, palo; (post) poste nombre masculino; (for plant, tree) rodrigón nombre masculino; (in surveying) jalón nombre masculino1 (fasten, support - gen) sujetar con estacas, apoyar con estacas (up, -); (- plant, tree) arrodrigar; (in surveying) jalonar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be burnt at the stake morir en la hoguerato pull up stakes SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL marcharse, desarraigarseto stake a claim to something reivindicar algo, reclamar el derecho a algo1) : estacar, marcar con estacas (una propiedad)2) bet: jugarse, apostar3)to stake a claim to : reclamar, reivindicarstake n1) post: estaca f2) bet: apuesta fto be at stake: estar en juego3) interest, share: interés m, participación fn.• apuesta s.f.• estaca s.f.• jalón s.m.• posta s.f.• poste s.m.• puesta s.f.v.• apostar v.• estacar v.
I steɪk1) ( pole) estaca fto be burned at the stake — ser* quemado en la hoguera
to pull up stakes — (AmE colloq) levantar campamento
2)a) ( bet) apuesta fthe stakes are high — es mucho lo que está en juego
to be at stake — estar* en juego
b) ( interest)to have a stake in a company — tener* participación or intereses en una compañía
we parents naturally have a stake in our children's future — como padres es natural que nos incumba el futuro de nuestros hijos
3) stakes pl
II
1) ( risk) \<\<money/reputation/life\>\> jugarse*to stake something ON something: I'd stake my last dime on it — me jugaría hasta el último centavo a que es así
2)a) ( mark with stakes) marcar* con estacas, estacar*b) \<\<tree/plant\>\> arrodrigar*•Phrasal Verbs:[steɪk]1. N1) (=bet) apuesta f•
to be at stake — estar en juegothere's a lot at stake in this — es mucho lo que está en juego, hay mucho en juego
he has got a lot at stake, there is a lot at stake for him — es mucho lo que se está jugando
the issue at stake — el asunto en cuestión, el asunto de que se trata
•
the stakes are high — (lit) se apuesta fuerte, las apuestas son muy elevadas; (fig) es mucho lo que está en juego, hay mucho en juegoto play for high stakes — (lit) apostar fuerte; (fig) tener mucho en juego
•
to raise the stakes — (Gambling) subir la apuestadevelopments that raised the stakes in the elections — acontecimientos que hicieron más aventuradas las elecciones
2) (=interest)a) (Econ) participación f•
he bought a 12 per cent stake in the company — compró un 12 por ciento de participación en la compañíab) (fig)•
every employee has a stake in the success of the firm — a todos los empleados les interesa que la empresa sea un éxito3) stakesa) (=race) carrera de caballos en la que el dinero del premio lo han puesto los propietarios de los caballos ; (=prize money) bote mb) (fig)•
he is still in front in the popularity stakes — sigue siendo el más popular de todos•
to be burned at the stake, die at the stake — morir en la hoguera2. VT1) (=bet) [+ money, jewels] jugarse, apostar; (fig) [+ one's reputation, life] jugarse•
to stake one's reputation on sth — jugarse la reputación en algo2) (with posts)a) (=delimit) [+ area, path, line] marcar con estacas, señalar con estacas- stake a or one's claim towith this win he has staked his claim for a place in the final — con esta victoria se ha asegurado un puesto en la final
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I [steɪk]1) ( pole) estaca fto be burned at the stake — ser* quemado en la hoguera
to pull up stakes — (AmE colloq) levantar campamento
2)a) ( bet) apuesta fthe stakes are high — es mucho lo que está en juego
to be at stake — estar* en juego
b) ( interest)to have a stake in a company — tener* participación or intereses en una compañía
we parents naturally have a stake in our children's future — como padres es natural que nos incumba el futuro de nuestros hijos
3) stakes pl
II
1) ( risk) \<\<money/reputation/life\>\> jugarse*to stake something ON something: I'd stake my last dime on it — me jugaría hasta el último centavo a que es así
2)a) ( mark with stakes) marcar* con estacas, estacar*b) \<\<tree/plant\>\> arrodrigar*•Phrasal Verbs:
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