quemado
adjective
1. burnt, burned
damaged by fire or heat
Common combinations
- comida quemada — burnt food
- olor a quemado — smell of burning
- papel quemado — burnt paper
- El pan está quemado.The bread is burnt.
- Encontraron un coche quemado.They found a burnt car.
- La comida quedó quemada.The food was burnt.
2. sunburnt, sunburned
affected by too much sun
Common combinations
- piel quemada — sunburnt skin
- hombros quemados — sunburnt shoulders
- cara quemada — sunburnt face
- Tengo los hombros quemados por el sol.My shoulders are sunburnt.
- Su piel quedó quemada después de la playa.Her skin was sunburnt after the beach.
- No te quedes al sol: acabarás quemado.Do not stay in the sun: you will end up sunburnt.
3. burnt out, fed up + con
colloq. · tired, stressed, or fed up
Common combinations
- trabajador quemado — burnt-out worker
- estar muy quemado — to be very burnt out
- síndrome del trabajador quemado — burnout syndrome
- Estoy quemado con este trabajo.I am burnt out from this job.
- Después del examen, estaba quemada.She was burnt out after the exam.
- El profesor está quemado de repetir lo mismo.The teacher is fed up with repeating the same thing.
4. discredited, disgraced
fig. · having lost prestige or credibility
Common combinations
- político quemado — discredited politician
- imagen quemada — damaged image
- marca quemada — discredited brand
- Ese político está quemado.That politician is discredited.
- El jugador quedó quemado después del escándalo.The player was disgraced after the scandal.
- La marca salió quemada de la crisis.The brand came out of the crisis discredited.
Phrases with this word
estar quemadosalir quemadoquedarse quemado