a quemarropa
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From quema (“it burns”) + ropa (“clothes”). Compare Portuguese à queima-roupa.
Adverb
[edit]- at a distance such that the deflagration of the bullet's powder can leave a burnt mark on the victim's clothes
- point-blank
- Synonym: a bocajarro
- directly
Usage notes
[edit]- Quemarropa seems to have no use independent of this phrase.
Further reading
[edit]- “a quemarropa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10