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

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

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “queimada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Further reading

• “queimada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “queimada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025