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Monday August 25, 2008

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quemadura, noun:
burn

We’ve already encountered quemar meaning to burn. The noun derived from it is una quemadura, a burn. It can refer to any kind of burn that you get accidentally:

Tras la explosión sufrió quemaduras de segundo grado en las manos.
As a result of the explosion he suffered second-degree burns on his hands.

Quemaduras de sol and quemaduras solares refer to sunburn:

Las quemaduras solares han dejado de dolerme.
Sunburn doesn’t hurt me any more.

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