fumar

See also: fümar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin fūmāre, present active indicative of fūmō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈmaɾ/ [fuˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fu‧mar

Verb

fumar (first-person singular indicative present fumo, past participle fumáu)

1. to smoke

Conjugation

Conjugation of fumar

infinitive		fumar
gerund		fumando
past participle		m fumáu, f fumada, n fumao, m pl fumaos, f pl fumaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	fumo	fumes	fuma	fumamos	fumáis	fumen
	imperfect	fumaba	fumabes	fumaba	fumábemos, fumábamos	fumabeis, fumabais	fumaben
	preterite	fumé	fumasti, fumesti	fumó	fumemos	fumastis, fumestis	fumaron
	pluperfect	fumare, fumara	fumares, fumaras	fumare, fumara	fumáremos, fumáramos	fumareis, fumarais	fumaren, fumaran
	future	fumaré	fumarás	fumará	fumaremos	fumaréis	fumarán
	conditional	fumaría	fumaríes	fumaría	fumaríemos, fumaríamos	fumaríeis, fumaríais	fumaríen
subjunctive	present	fume	fumes, fumas	fume	fumemos	fuméis	fumen, fuman
	imperfect	fumare, fumara	fumares, fumaras	fumare, fumara	fumáremos, fumáramos	fumareis, fumarais	fumaren, fumaran
imperative		—	fuma	—	—	fumái	—

Related terms

• fumu
• afumar
• fumiar

Further reading

• “fumar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “fumar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūmāre, present active indicative of fūmō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fuˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fuˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

fumar (first-person singular present fumo, first-person singular preterite fumí, past participle fumat)

1. (ambitransitive) to smoke
2. (pronominal) to become smoked or smoky

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fumar (first conjugation)

infinitive			fumar
gerund			fumant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fumat		fumada
		plural		fumats		fumades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fumo	fumes	fuma	fumem	fumeu	fumen
	imperfect	fumava	fumaves	fumava	fumàvem	fumàveu	fumaven
	future	fumaré	fumaràs	fumarà	fumarem	fumareu	fumaran
	preterite	fumí	fumares	fumà	fumàrem	fumàreu	fumaren
	conditional	fumaria	fumaries	fumaria	fumaríem	fumaríeu	fumarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fumi	fumis	fumi	fumem	fumeu	fumin
	imperfect	fumés	fumessis	fumés	fuméssim	fuméssiu	fumessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fuma	fumi	fumem	fumeu	fumin
	negative (no)	—	no fumis	no fumi	no fumem	no fumeu	no fumin

Derived terms

• fumador
• fumatge

Related terms

• fum
• fumant
• fumejar
• fumer
• fumera
• fumigar

Further reading

• “fumar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fumar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fumar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fumar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin fūmāre, present active indicative of fūmō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ˈmaɾ/

Verb

fumar (first-person singular present fumo, first-person singular preterite fumei, past participle fumado)

1. to smoke
   • 1820, anonymous author, Diálogo entre Dominjos è Farruco:

     ¿Con que eses papès que leche non balen nada, exâ podo fumalos ou limpiar ò cu con eles?

     So these papers you read don't worth a thing, and now I can smoke them or clean my ass with them?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fumar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fumar
Personal	fumar	fumares	fumar	fumarmos	fumardes	fumaren
Gerund
	fumando
Past participle
Masculine	fumado			fumados
Feminine	fumada			fumadas
Indicative
Present	fumo	fumas	fuma	fumamos	fumades	fuman
Imperfect	fumaba	fumabas	fumaba	fumabamos	fumabades	fumaban
Preterite	fumei	fumaches	fumou	fumamos	fumastes	fumaron
Pluperfect	fumara	fumaras	fumara	fumaramos	fumarades	fumaran
Future	fumarei	fumarás	fumará	fumaremos	fumaredes	fumarán
Conditional	fumaría	fumarías	fumaría	fumariamos	fumariades	fumarían
Subjunctive
Present	fume	fumes	fume	fumemos	fumedes	fumen
Imperfect	fumase	fumases	fumase	fumásemos	fumásedes	fumasen
Future	fumar	fumares	fumar	fumarmos	fumardes	fumaren
Imperative
Affirmative		fuma	fume	fumemos	fumade	fumen
Negative (non)		non fumes	non fume	non fumemos	non fumedes	non fumen

    Reintegrated conjugation of fumar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fumar
Personal	fumar	fumares	fumar	fumarmos	fumardes	fumarem
Gerund
	fumando
Past participle
Masculine	fumado			fumados
Feminine	fumada			fumadas
Indicative
Present	fumo	fumas	fuma	fumamos	fumades, fumais	fumam
Imperfect	fumava	fumavas	fumava	fumávamos	fumávades, fumáveis, fumávais1	fumavam
Preterite	fumei	fumaste, fumache1	fumou	fumamos	fumastes	fumárom, fumaram
Pluperfect	fumara	fumaras	fumara	fumáramos	fumárades, fumáreis, fumárais1	fumaram
Future	fumarei	fumarás	fumará	fumaremos	fumaredes, fumareis	fumarám, fumarão
Conditional	fumaria	fumarias	fumaria	fumaríamos	fumaríades, fumaríeis, fumaríais1	fumariam
Subjunctive
Present	fume	fumes	fume	fumemos	fumedes, fumeis	fumem
Imperfect	fumasse	fumasses	fumasse	fumássemos	fumássedes, fumásseis	fumassem
Future	fumar	fumares	fumar	fumarmos	fumardes	fumarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fuma	fume	fumemos	fumade, fumai	fumem
Negative (nom)		nom fumes	nom fume	nom fumemos	nom fumedes, nom fumeis	nom fumem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• fume

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto fumi, English fume, French fumer, Italian fumare, Spanish fumar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈmar/

Verb

fumar (present fumas, past fumis, future fumos, conditional fumus, imperative fumez)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to smoke

   Mea charioto anciena ankore fumis mem pos la repari.

   My old truck was still smoking, even after the repairs.

   Lu prizas fumar dum la dejuno-tempo.

   He/she likes to smoke during the lunch breaks.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fumar

		present		past		future
infinitive		fumar		fumir		fumor
tense		fumas		fumis		fumos
conditional		fumus		—		—
imperative		fumez		—		—
adjective active participle		fumanta		fuminta		fumonta
adverbial active participle		fumante		fuminte		fumonte
nominal active participle	singular	fumanto		fuminto		fumonto
	plural	fumanti		fuminti		fumonti
adjective passive participle		fumata		fumita		fumota
adverbial passive participle		fumate		fumite		fumote
nominal passive participle	singular	fumato		fumito		fumoto
	plural	fumati		fumiti		fumoti

Derived terms

• drinko-fumeyo (“taproom”)
• fumagar (“to fumigate; to smoke out (someone)”)
• fumagilo (“fumigating apparatus”)
• fumanto (“smoker”)
• fumero (“smoker”)
• fumifanta (“smoky; smoke-producing”)
• fumifar (“to produce smoke”)
• fumizado (“smoke drying”)
• fumizar (“to cover with smoke; to smoke dry”)
• fumizita (“smoked (food)”)
• fumo (“smoke”)
• fumo-fenduro (“smoke fissure”)
• fumo-karbono (“smoking coal, smoky bit of charcoal”)
• fumo-nigro (“lampblack”)
• fumoza (“smoky; smoke-producing”)
• fumuro (“smoke”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fumar

1. present of fuma

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fūmāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈma(ʁ)/ [fuˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈma(ʁ)/ [fuˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fuˈma(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fuˈma(ʁ)/ [fuˈma(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈma(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈma.ɾi/

• (Portugal, natural speech) IPA^(key): [fʷˈmaɾ]
• (Azores) IPA^(key): [fʷˈma], [fˈma], [fˈmɑ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

Verb

fumar (first-person singular present fumo, first-person singular preterite fumei, past participle fumado)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to smoke, to deliberately inhale smoke
2. (transitive) to smoke (to preserve or prepare food for by treating with smoke)

   Synonym: defumar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fumar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fumar
Personal	fumar	fumares	fumar	fumarmos	fumardes	fumarem
Gerund
	fumando
Past participle
Masculine	fumado			fumados
Feminine	fumada			fumadas
Indicative
Present	fumo	fumas	fuma	fumamos	fumais	fumam
Imperfect	fumava	fumavas	fumava	fumávamos	fumáveis	fumavam
Preterite	fumei	fumaste	fumou	fumamos1, fumámos2	fumastes	fumaram
Pluperfect	fumara	fumaras	fumara	fumáramos	fumáreis	fumaram
Future	fumarei	fumarás	fumará	fumaremos	fumareis	fumarão
Conditional	fumaria	fumarias	fumaria	fumaríamos	fumaríeis	fumariam
Subjunctive
Present	fume	fumes	fume	fumemos	fumeis	fumem
Imperfect	fumasse	fumasses	fumasse	fumássemos	fumásseis	fumassem
Future	fumar	fumares	fumar	fumarmos	fumardes	fumarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fuma	fume	fumemos	fumai	fumem
Negative (não)		não fumes	não fume	não fumemos	não fumeis	não fumem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• fumo

References

• “fumar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fumar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

From fum +‎ -ar, or from Latin fumārium, from fūmus (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈmar/

Noun

fumar n (plural fumare)

1. chimney

   Synonyms: coș, cămin, horn, hogeag

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fumar	fumarul		fumare	fumarele
genitive-dative	fumar	fumarului		fumare	fumarelor
vocative	fumarule			fumarelor

Related terms

• fum

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fumaiolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fǔmaːr/
• Hyphenation: fu‧mar

Noun

fùmār m inan (Cyrillic spelling фу̀ма̄р)

1. (regional) chimney

   Synonym: dȋmnjāk

References

• “fumar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025