HomeQ&AAny connection between "quemada" (burned) and Tomas Torquemada of Spanish Inquisition infamy?
Any connection between "quemada" (burned) and Tomas Torquemada of Spanish Inquisition infamy?
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Any connection between the word "quemada" (burned) and the person Tomas Torquemada of Spanish Inquisition infamy?
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updated Apr 2, 2011
posted by jperitz
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Nooooooobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!!!!
updated Apr 1, 2011
posted by Gekkosan
A famous cardinal and writer, Juan de Torquemada, was born before the Inquisition. - lazarus1907, Apr 1, 2011
Nooooobody expects Lazarus' answers! :-) - Gekkosan, Apr 1, 2011
Juan de Torquemada is not Tomas de Torquemada, who was a champion of the Inquisition indeed. - 002067fe, Apr 1, 2011
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Actually, if I'm not mistaken, the surname is related to the alternative version "Turrecremata", from "turre" (Spanish: "torre", tower) + "cremata" (Spanish: "cremada", cremated, incinerated, burnt). So you are likely to be right: it has to do with "quemada", but I do not know the story behind the surname.
updated Apr 1, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
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Nope, it's just his last name. 
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updated Apr 1, 2011
posted by Dakie
