fumar
Spanish, verb/fuˈmaɾ/
fumar is spelled F-U-M-A-R (5 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,991st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fumar is a Spanish verb meaning “to smoke (give off smoke)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Despedir humo”.
What does fumar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smoke (give off smoke)
- 2
to smoke (inhale and exhale tobacco smoke)
Dejar de fumar beneficia la salud.
- 3
to smoke (inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.)
- 4
colloquialto shirk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Despedir humo. 2. En particular, inhalar y exhalar el humo del la combustión de una hierba o sustancia como droga. 3. Tener el hábito de fumar₂ alguna sustancia regularmente.
verb: 1. Gastar bromas o chanzas a alguno. 2. Engañar. 3. Terminar una tarea. 4. Tolerar algo sin haber chistado.
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 fumar
- fumo first-person present singular
- fumé first-person preterite singular
- fumado participle past
- fumando gerund
- fumada feminine participle past
- fumados masculine participle past
- fumadas feminine participle past
- fumas indicative informal present
- fumás indicative informal present
- fuma indicative present singular
- fumamos first-person indicative plural
- fumáis indicative plural present
- fuman indicative plural present
- fumaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fumabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fumábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fumabais imperfect indicative plural
- fumaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fumar?
- /fuˈmaɾ/
- [fuˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fumar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fumar in Spanish?
fumar appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).