quemadero

noun

que·​ma·​de·​ro

ˌkāməˈde(ˌ)rō

plural -s

: a place of execution by burning

Word History

Etymology

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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