"to burn" in seven languages
Meaningto burn
Spanish
quemar
/keˈmaɾ/
inherited
'I burned myself' is me quemé.
French
brûler
/bʁyle/
other source · Old French brusler, of disputed origin
Italian
bruciare
/bruˈtʃare/
other source · of disputed origin, probably related to French brûler
Portuguese
queimar
/kejˈmah/
inherited
Romanian
arde
/ˈarde/
other source · Latin ARDĒRE 'to be on fire'
Catalan
cremar
/krəˈma/
inherited
English
burn
/bɝn/
native English · Old English beornan, bærnan
English → Italianto burnbruciareNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: cremate, crematorium.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CREMĀRE‘to burn (especially the dead)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish quemar comes from CREMĀRE, the word English knows from cremation (how cr- became qu- is debated). French and Italian use a verb whose origin etymologists still argue about.
English relatives: cremate, crematorium
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In a sentence
- es¡Cuidado, que te vas a quemar!
- frAttention, tu vas te brûler !
- itAttento, ti bruci!
- ptCuidado, você vai se queimar!
- roAi grijă, o să te arzi!
- caVés amb compte, que et cremaràs!
- enBe careful, you'll burn yourself!
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