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quemadero
noun
que·ma·de·ro
\ˌkāməˈde(ˌ)rō\
Definition of quemadero
-s
: a place of execution by burning
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Origin and Etymology of 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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