esfumado
Spanish, verb/esfuˈmado/
esfumado is spelled E-S-F-U-M-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esfumado is a Spanish verb meaning “past participle of esfumar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Participio de esfumar”.
What does esfumado mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of esfumar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de esfumar. Técnica pictórica que se obtiene por aumentar varias capas de pintura extremadamente delicadas, proporcionando a la composición unos contornos imprecisos, así como un aspecto de antigüedad y lejanía. Se utilizaba en los cuadros del Renacimiento para dar una impresión de profundidad. La invención de esta técnica, así como su nombre sfumato, se deben a Leonardo da Vinci.
verb: 1. Participio de esfumar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of esfumado
- esfumada feminine
- esfumados masculine plural
- esfumadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esfumado?
- /esfuˈmado/
- [es.fuˈma.ð̞o]
- [esfuˈmað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esfumado in Spanish?
esfumado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).