quemadura

/kemaˈduɾa/ · B2 · noun · f

burn

🔥🩹 quemar (to burn) + -dura (the result) = what burning leaves: a burn

Spanish -dura turns a verb into its result: mordedura is a bite (from morder, to bite) and quemadura is a burn. Quemar likely comes from Latin cremare, the root of cremate, so quem- = crem- = burn.

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