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espumar
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧pu‧mar
Verb
espumar (first-person singular present espumo, first-person singular preterite espumei, past participle espumado)
- to froth
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “espumar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “espumar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
espumar (first-person singular present espumo, first-person singular preterite espumé, past participle espumado)
- (intransitive) to froth
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- -Papá -dijo Gloria poniéndosele delante con resolución-: ¿apostamos a que Francisca no ha espumado las cuatro gallinas, ni puesto en el horno la dorada, ni arreglado los platos de leche?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive, uncommon) to skyrocket
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “espumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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