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La Palabra del Día : quemado

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quemado (adjective) burnt, scalded; tanned; burnt-out, worn-out, fed up

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Estoy quemada con mi casero. Necesito un piso nuevo.

I am fed up with my landlord. I need a new apartment.

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updated Feb 13, 2011
edited by Vaanz
posted by Vaanz
Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Feb 11, 2011
Piso doesn't mean floor??? - Miro74, Feb 11, 2011
I've never heard burnt out used in that context. Sounds more like fed up, or I've had enough with my Landlord. You don't tend to be burnt out with someone or something, rather as a result of something. - afowen, Feb 11, 2011
I'm burnt out. Why? I've been working 28 hours a day for the last 3 weeks. - afowen, Feb 11, 2011
Burnout was a term coined in the 70's to describe people who were changing job because they were overlaoded with stress - Hungerford, Feb 11, 2011
fed up, that is what I would have said too, vaanz, perfect sentence in Spanish, very idiomatic,great. - 00494d19, Feb 11, 2011
Miro, in Spain: piso = flat and floor (like in second floor, not on the floor, that would be : suelo) - 00494d19, Feb 11, 2011
Wow, Vaanz! Great sentence ! :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
Thank you guys!!! - Vaanz, Feb 12, 2011

19 Answers

4
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La leche.cuando se quema tiene mal sabor .

When milk is burned it has a bad taste.

Ancient Cheese Making Method Pictures, Images and Photos

updated Feb 24, 2011
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Absolutely Right!!! Yak! - Miro74, Feb 11, 2011
..cuando se quema tiene mal sabor . Good Ray ! :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
Thank you for putting a sweet taste in my mouth cogu. - ray76, Feb 11, 2011
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Después de haber bajado de las escaleras de una de las torres de la Sagrada Familia, estaba quemadísima, no podía sentir las piernas...

After having ran down the stairs of one of the Sagrada Familia's towers, I was burnt out. I couldn't feel my legs...

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(La foto es verdadera, no acting!) raspberry

updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by culé
posted by culé
Genial, culé: "una de las torres" ( gender) :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
:O , ¿Quién puso esa o ahí? :P gracias cogu :) - culé, Feb 11, 2011
What a beautiful building!!! - Echoline, Feb 11, 2011
¿Te gusta? entonces te espera en Barcelona. jejeje - culé, Feb 11, 2011
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Los bomberos olieron alguna cosa quemada cuando vinieron a la escuela.

The firemen smelled something burnt when they arrived at the school.

updated Feb 11, 2011
posted by 0066c384
Good dogwood, no mistakes! (alguna cosa quemada = algo quemado) :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
Time to celebrate! I had "algo quemado" first, then changed it. :) - 0066c384, Feb 11, 2011
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¡Te apuesto que alguien está quemado con este dormitorio sucio!

I bet you that someone is fed up with this messy room!

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updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by sanlee
posted by sanlee
Only your mom! - ray76, Feb 11, 2011
It's not too bad-I can see patches of the floor! - pintor, Feb 11, 2011
"está" quemado. Well done, sanlee! :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
¡Gracias, Cogumela! - sanlee, Feb 11, 2011
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(Cocinera en el fondo): ¡“Está bien, sabe mejor si se quema un poquito”!


(Cook in background): “It’s okay, it tastes better a littler burnt”!

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updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by Rolest
posted by Rolest
Ambiente de cocina ( ??) Está bien, sabe mejor si se quema un poquito :) Good, rolest! - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
Gracias cogumela. "Concinera" "Cook" is what I wanted to say, but somehow I reversed the letters to "ar". - Rolest, Feb 11, 2011
jajaja increible! - blopez86, Feb 11, 2011
Gacias blopez. - Rolest, Feb 11, 2011
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Los trabajadores están quemados.

The workers are burnt out.

updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by Maria-Russell
posted by Maria-Russell
quemados ( plural ) Good, Maria ! - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
Thanks, cogumela. - Maria-Russell, Feb 11, 2011
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Mi esposa se quemó los dedos mientras cocinaba debido a que el agua estaba hirviendo fuerte en la olla.

My wife burned her fingers while cooking because of water boiling so hard in the pot.

updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by pesta
posted by pesta
... "se quemó los" dedos mientras "cocinaba" ( or: los dedos cocinando) "debido a que" ( or: porque) el agua estaba hirviendo fuerte (no "tan" here) en la olla . Well done, pesta! :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
¡Gracias, cogu! - pesta, Feb 11, 2011
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Las primeras doscientas cenas que cociné se quemaron.

The first 200 dinners that I cooked were burnt.

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updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by Echoline
posted by Echoline
Only that many Cathy? ;) - galsally, Feb 11, 2011
Keep trying! - Miro74, Feb 11, 2011
Las primeras doscientas cenas que cociné se quemaron. Well done, Cathy ! :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
"había cocinado" is not the appropriate tense here. :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
I like to call it "blackened," it 's a gourmet term. - timmyspanish, Feb 11, 2011
:-) - Echoline, Feb 11, 2011
3
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Cada vez que veo un árbol quemado, mi alma estalla en llamas.
( Every time I see a tree that has been burned, my soul bursts into flames.)

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..to err is human, to forgive divine! red face

updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by sv2qp
posted by sv2qp
Bursts in to flames is the expression :-) - afowen, Feb 11, 2011
Maybe Ok in a poetic sense ," A fire was set in my soul which burst my heart in flames. - ray76, Feb 11, 2011
The idea was to convey the explosion in flames, so as Ray says ..with poetic licence! :) - sv2qp, Feb 11, 2011
Hi Sakis, I'd say 'bursts into flame/s'. Although sometimes it's hard to remember what is natural English when spending so much time working on Spanish! - galsally, Feb 11, 2011
ok! Alex & Sally.. with the tide! :) - sv2qp, Feb 11, 2011
Perfect in Spanish, Sakis :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
Como siempre.. ¡muchas gracias cogu! :) - sv2qp, Feb 11, 2011
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Ya estoy quemada con esta tarea pero necesito terminarla para el sábado.

I'm already burnt out with this homework but I need to finish it by Saturday

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updated Feb 13, 2011
edited by Dennis_the_Adventurer
posted by Dennis_the_Adventurer
Very good, Dennis! just 'sábado' ( tilde) :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
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Esta muchacha está quemada por el sol. Esto pasa con frecuencia cuando los ingleses viajan a un país soleado.

This girl is sunburnt. This happens frequently when the English travel to a sunny country.

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updated Feb 12, 2011
edited by galsally
posted by galsally
Auu... :) "esto" pasa... Very good, Sally ! as usual - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
When walking along the beach the English stand out like iridescent lights ," the Pommy flush " and they rarely learn how 10 minutes is enough here. Poor darlings. - ray76, Feb 11, 2011
Gracias Cogu. :D Ray, it's so embarrassing,I must just say that I personally have never been badly burned like that! - galsally, Feb 12, 2011
2
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Don't bother me with the job details, I am burned out!

¡No me molestes con los detalles del trabajo, estoy quemada!

Burned Out Pictures, Images and Photos

updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by Brynleigh
posted by Brynleigh
con 'los' detalles 'del' trabajo. Estoy quemada/quemado. Good one, Bryn ! :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
Gracias cogumela - Brynleigh, Feb 11, 2011
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Muchos de los incendios en los que grandes superficies de bosques son quemadas, fueron causados deliberadamente.

Many of the fires in which large surfaces of forest are burnt, were caused deliberately.

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updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by luz_72
posted by luz_72
Hm... too much passive, luz, although the sentence is correct. "en los que se queman grandes superficies de bosque" son ( better than fueron) provocados. We'd use provocados instead of "causados deliberadamente" :) Well done! - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
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Cada verano, en el Líbano, hay más de 50 bosques quemados debido al "calentamiento global"

Each Summer, in Lebanon, there are more than 50 forests burned due to "Global Warming".

updated Feb 11, 2011
edited by Miro74
posted by Miro74
I translated to Spanish "due to" & "Global Warming" but I memorized them. - Miro74, Feb 11, 2011
Hi Miro, 'there are more tha...' and 'forests burned due to Global Warming'. Sad. :( - galsally, Feb 11, 2011
Thank you Sally! I didn't know I'll practice my English as well! Great! :-) - Miro74, Feb 11, 2011
hay más de 50 "bosques quemados" ( or "incendios forestales) debido "al" calentamiento global. :) Good, Miro! - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
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I have burnt myself more times than I can remember.

Tengo quemé mismo más veces que puedo recuerdo.

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Not sure about most of this one.

updated Feb 12, 2011
posted by fontanero
Yo mismo me he quemado más veces de las que puedo recordar . Good, fontanero! :) - cogumela, Feb 11, 2011
Gracias Cogumela. For some reason I can't edit this morning. I'll try later. - fontanero, Feb 12, 2011