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SPANISH VERB

quemar

to burn

  • #334 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: quemando
  • Past participle: quemado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I burn
  2. tú you burn
  3. usted, él, ella he/she burns
  4. nosotros we burn
  5. vosotros Spain you all burn
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they burn

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I burned
  2. tú you burned
  3. usted, él, ella he/she burned
  4. nosotros we burned
  5. vosotros Spain you all burned
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they burned

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to burn
  2. tú you used to burn
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to burn
  4. nosotros we used to burn
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to burn
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to burn

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will burn
  2. tú you will burn
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will burn
  4. nosotros we will burn
  5. vosotros Spain you all will burn
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will burn

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would burn
  2. tú you would burn
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would burn
  4. nosotros we would burn
  5. vosotros Spain you all would burn
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would burn

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I burn
  2. tú (that) you burn
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she burn
  4. nosotros (that) we burn
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all burn
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they burn

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I burned
  2. tú (if) you burned
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she burned
  4. nosotros (if) we burned
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all burned
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they burned

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú burn!
  2. usted burn! (formal)
  3. nosotros burn! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain burn! (all of you)
  5. ustedes burn! (all of you)

How to use quemar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Cuidado, la sartén quema mucho todavía.

    Careful, the frying pan is still very hot.

  2. Past

    Se me quemaron las tostadas otra vez esta mañana.

    I burnt the toast again this morning.

  3. Imperfect

    En el pueblo quemaban las hojas secas en otoño.

    In the village they burnt the dry leaves in autumn.

  4. Future

    Si no te pones crema, te quemarás los hombros.

    If you don't put cream on, you'll burn your shoulders.

  5. Conditional

    Con tanto sol, cualquiera se quemaría en media hora.

    With this much sun, anyone would burn in half an hour.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Baja el fuego para que no se queme el arroz.

    Turn down the heat so the rice doesn't burn.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Vigilé la paella para que no se quemara el fondo.

    I watched the paella so the bottom wouldn't burn.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Quema esas cartas viejas y olvídalo de una vez!

    Burn those old letters and forget about him once and for all!

Good to know

  • "Quemarse" is to get burnt or sunburnt: me quemé en la playa.

Where you hear quemar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 1

  • Cuidado, la sopa quema. Careful, the soup is burning hot.
  • El sol me quemó los hombros. The sun burned my shoulders.
  • Voy a quemar la tostada si no la saco. I'm going to burn the toast if I don't take it out.
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Midnight Mass

Advanced Level 1 · quema

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