queimada

English

Etymology

From Galician, past participle of queimar (“to burn”).

Noun

queimada (countable and uncountable, plural queimadas)

1. A traditional drink from Galicia, Spain, made from aguardiente, herbs, lemon peel, coffee beans and cinnamon. It is set alight before drinking.

Galician

Pot for the elaboration of the queimada

Queimada

Etymology

From queimar (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kejˈmaða̝/

Noun

queimada f (plural queimadas)

1. a local traditional drink made from augardente, cane sugar, herbs, lemon peel, coffee beans and optionally other spices; it is set alight before drinking, so reducing its alcohol content and adding nuances to the flavor
2. burning

Adjective

queimada m or f (plural queimadas)

1. burnt
2. burned out

Participle

queimada f sg

1. feminine singular of queimado

See also

• queimada on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “queimada”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “queimada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “queimada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kejˈma.dɐ/ [keɪ̯ˈma.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kejˈma.dɐ/ [keɪ̯ˈma.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kejˈma.da/ [keɪ̯ˈma.da]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐjˈma.dɐ/ [kɐjˈma.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐjˈma.dɐ/ [kɐjˈma.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kejˈma.dɐ/ [kejˈma.ðɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kejˈma.dɐ/ [kejˈma.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /keˈma.dɐ/ [keˈma.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: quei‧ma‧da

Adjective

queimada f sg

1. feminine singular of queimado

Noun

queimada f (plural queimadas)

1. the clearance of the ground using fire
2. burning
3. (Brazil) forest fire

   Synonym: incêndio florestal

4. (Brazil) dodgeball

   Synonym: (Portugal) jogo do mata

Participle

queimada f sg

1. feminine singular of queimado

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician, past participle of queimar (“to burn”). Doublet of quemada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keiˈmada/ [kei̯ˈma.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: quei‧ma‧da

Noun

queimada f (plural queimadas)

1. queimada

Further reading

• “queimada”, 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