espumar
[espuˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“espumar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quitar la espuma de un líquido, como del caldo, del almíbar, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espumar · espumar · Spanish
espumar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espumar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [espuˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espumar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espumar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [espuˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quitar la espuma de un líquido, como del caldo, del almíbar, etc.".
espumar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is espumar, spelled E-S-P-U-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Quitar la espuma de un líquido, como del caldo, del almíbar, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how espumar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Tres horas bastan para la cocción de la carne, que debe hacerse a fuego lento y sostenido, sin que sea preciso espumar el caldo».
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.