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afumar.

to smoke (to preserve, dry or fill with smoke)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/afuˈmaɾ/
  1. to smoke (to preserve, dry or fill with smoke)

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese afumar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *affūmāre, ultimately from Latin fūmus (“smoke”, noun). By surface analysis, a- + fumo + -ar. Compare Portuguese and Asturian afumar, Spanish ahumar.

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