queimada

/kejˈmadɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as queimadas

Meaning

  1. forest fire

    • Houve uma queimada.

      There was a bushfire.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: place. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: mass. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Waldbrand

Waldbrand is the German word for the same thing — both mean "forest fire."

Practice

1 What does queimada mean?

2 Fill the gap: Houve uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches queimada?

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