ahumar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *affūmāre, ultimately from Latin fūmus (“smoke”, noun). By surface analysis, a- +‎ humo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈmaɾ/ [au̯ˈmaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ahu‧mar

Verb

ahumar (first-person singular present ahúmo, first-person singular preterite ahumé, past participle ahumado)

1. (transitive) to smoke (apply smoke to, for example food)
2. (colloquial, reflexive) to get drunk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ahumar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ahumar
gerund			ahumando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ahumado		ahumada
		plural		ahumados		ahumadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ahúmo	ahúmastú ahumásvos	ahúma	ahumamos	ahumáis	ahúman
	imperfect	ahumaba	ahumabas	ahumaba	ahumábamos	ahumabais	ahumaban
	preterite	ahumé	ahumaste	ahumó	ahumamos	ahumasteis	ahumaron
	future	ahumaré	ahumarás	ahumará	ahumaremos	ahumaréis	ahumarán
	conditional	ahumaría	ahumarías	ahumaría	ahumaríamos	ahumaríais	ahumarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ahúme	ahúmestú ahumésvos2	ahúme	ahumemos	ahuméis	ahúmen
	imperfect (ra)	ahumara	ahumaras	ahumara	ahumáramos	ahumarais	ahumaran
	imperfect (se)	ahumase	ahumases	ahumase	ahumásemos	ahumaseis	ahumasen
	future1	ahumare	ahumares	ahumare	ahumáremos	ahumareis	ahumaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ahúmatú ahumávos	ahúme	ahumemos	ahumad	ahúmen
	negative		no ahúmes	no ahúme	no ahumemos	no ahuméis	no ahúmen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ahumar (u-ú alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive ahumar	dative	ahumarme	ahumarte	ahumarle, ahumarse	ahumarnos	ahumaros	ahumarles, ahumarse
	accusative	ahumarme	ahumarte	ahumarlo, ahumarla, ahumarse	ahumarnos	ahumaros	ahumarlos, ahumarlas, ahumarse
with gerund ahumando	dative	ahumándome	ahumándote	ahumándole, ahumándose	ahumándonos	ahumándoos	ahumándoles, ahumándose
	accusative	ahumándome	ahumándote	ahumándolo, ahumándola, ahumándose	ahumándonos	ahumándoos	ahumándolos, ahumándolas, ahumándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ahúma	dative	ahúmame	ahúmate	ahúmale	ahúmanos	not used	ahúmales
	accusative	ahúmame	ahúmate	ahúmalo, ahúmala	ahúmanos	not used	ahúmalos, ahúmalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ahumá	dative	ahumame	ahumate	ahumale	ahumanos	not used	ahumales
	accusative	ahumame	ahumate	ahumalo, ahumala	ahumanos	not used	ahumalos, ahumalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ahúme	dative	ahúmeme	not used	ahúmele, ahúmese	ahúmenos	not used	ahúmeles
	accusative	ahúmeme	not used	ahúmelo, ahúmela, ahúmese	ahúmenos	not used	ahúmelos, ahúmelas
with first-person plural imperative ahumemos	dative	not used	ahumémoste	ahumémosle	ahumémonos	ahumémoos	ahumémosles
	accusative	not used	ahumémoste	ahumémoslo, ahumémosla	ahumémonos	ahumémoos	ahumémoslos, ahumémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ahumad	dative	ahumadme	not used	ahumadle	ahumadnos	ahumaos	ahumadles
	accusative	ahumadme	not used	ahumadlo, ahumadla	ahumadnos	ahumaos	ahumadlos, ahumadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ahúmen	dative	ahúmenme	not used	ahúmenle	ahúmennos	not used	ahúmenles, ahúmense
	accusative	ahúmenme	not used	ahúmenlo, ahúmenla	ahúmennos	not used	ahúmenlos, ahúmenlas, ahúmense

Derived terms

• ahumado
• ahumador

Related terms

• humar
• humear
• humo

Further reading

• “ahumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024