espumar
Spanish, verb/espuˈmaɾ/
espumar is spelled E-S-P-U-M-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 213,186th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espumar is a Spanish verb meaning “to froth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar la espuma de un líquido, como del caldo, del almíbar, etc”.
What does espumar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to froth
- 2
to skyrocket
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar la espuma de un líquido, como del caldo, del almíbar, etc.
verb: 1. Hacer espuma, como la que hace la olla, el vino, etc. 2. Crecer, aumentar rápidamente.
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 espumar
- espumo first-person present singular
- espumé first-person preterite singular
- espumado participle past
- espumando gerund
- espumada feminine participle past
- espumados masculine participle past
- espumadas feminine participle past
- espumas indicative informal present
- espumás indicative informal present
- espuma indicative present singular
- espumamos first-person indicative plural
- espumáis indicative plural present
- espuman indicative plural present
- espumaba first-person imperfect indicative
- espumabas imperfect indicative second-person
- espumábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- espumabais imperfect indicative plural
- espumaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espumar?
- /espuˈmaɾ/
- [es.puˈmaɾ]
- [espuˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espumar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espumar in Spanish?
espumar appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).