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quemadero

noun
que·​ma·​de·​ro | \ ˌkāməˈde(ˌ)rō\
plural -s

Definition of quemadero

: a place of execution by burning

History and Etymology for quemadero

Spanish, from quemado (past participle of quemar to burn, from—assumed—Vulgar Latin caimare, alteration—perhaps influenced by Greek kaiein to burn—of Latin cremare to burn up) + -ero -ary (from Latin -arius)

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