quemar conjugation: all tenses in Spanish, with meaning

/keˈmaɾ/

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Translation

to burn

Word origin

Probably from Vulgar Latin cremare, from Latin cremare ('to burn'), with some influence from Greek kauma ('burning heat'). It means 'to burn'.

Origin: Latin
Root: cremare
English cognates: cremate

Other proposed origins

Most often derived from Latin cremare ('to burn'). (cremare)
Some accounts trace it to Greek kauma ('burning heat'), via Late Latin cauma. (cauma)

Grammar

Verb type-ar regular

Conjugation

Regular -ar conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Future	Conditional
yo	quemo	quemé	quemaba	quemaré	quemaría
tú	quemas	quemaste	quemabas	quemarás	quemarías
él/ella/ud.	quema	quemó	quemaba	quemará	quemaría
nos.	quemamos	quemamos	quemábamos	quemaremos	quemaríamos
vos.	quemáis	quemasteis	quemabais	quemaréis	quemaríais
ellos/uds.	queman	quemaron	quemaban	quemarán	quemarían

Subjunctive

Person	Present	Imperfect (-ra)	Imperfect (-se)
yo	queme	quemara	quemase
tú	quemes	quemaras	quemases
él/ella/ud.	queme	quemara	quemase
nos.	quememos	quemáramos	quemásemos
vos.	queméis	quemarais	quemaseis
ellos/uds.	quemen	quemaran	quemasen

Imperative

Person	Affirmative
tú	quema
ud.	queme
nosotros	quememos
vosotros	quemad
uds.	quemen

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle: quemando
Past participle: quemado

Examples

The fire is going to burn the old house.

My sister always burns the food.

The sun can burn the skin in summer.

I burned that man's letters.

Do not burn the bread in the kitchen.

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This word is part of lesson 21.