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fumar.

to smoke (give off smoke)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/fuˈmaɾ/[fuˈmaɾ]
  1. to smoke (give off smoke)

    intransitive
  2. to smoke (inhale and exhale tobacco smoke)

    intransitive
    Dejar de fumar beneficia la salud.
  3. to smoke (inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.)

    transitive
  4. to shirk

    colloquial · pronominal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mós Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós Proto-Italic *θūmos Proto-Italic *fūmos Latin fūmus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fūmō Old French [Term?] Middle French fumer French fumerbor.? Spanish fumar Probably borrowed from French fumer, from Latin fūmāre. Doublet of humar (which was inherited).

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