esfumarse
Spanish, verb/esfuˈmaɾse/
esfumarse is spelled E-S-F-U-M-A-R-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 94,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esfumarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of esfumar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Referido a un cuerpo, especialmente el gaseoso, disipar, difundir, disolver, difuminar, diseminar, esparcir o…”.
What does esfumarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of esfumar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Referido a un cuerpo, especialmente el gaseoso, disipar, difundir, disolver, difuminar, diseminar, esparcir o disgregar sus partículas en otro. 2. Irse o desaparecer de un lugar de modo rápido, con disimulo o sin ser notado. 3. Dicho de un sueño o una idea, perecer, dejar de existir.
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 esfumarse
- haberse esfumado impersonal infinitive
- esfumándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose esfumado impersonal gerund
- esfumado impersonal participle
- me esfumo first-person singular indicative
- te esfumas second-person singular indicative
- te esfumás second-person singular vos-form
- se esfuma third-person singular indicative
- nos esfumamos first-person plural indicative
- os esfumáis second-person plural indicative
- se esfuman third-person plural indicative
- me esfumaba first-person singular indicative
- te esfumabas second-person singular indicative
- se esfumaba third-person singular indicative
- nos esfumábamos first-person plural indicative
- os esfumabais second-person plural indicative
- se esfumaban third-person plural indicative
- me esfumé first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esfumarse?
- /esfuˈmaɾse/
- [es.fuˈmaɾ.se]
- [esfuˈmaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esfumarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esfumarse in Spanish?
esfumarse appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).