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escumar

Portuguese, verb/is.kuˈma(ʁ)/

escumar is spelled E-S-C-U-M-A-R (7 letters). Escumar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to skim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que espumar”.

What does escumar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to skim

  2. 2

    to foam

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. o mesmo que espumar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of escumar

  • escumo first-person present singular
  • escumei first-person preterite singular
  • escumado participle past
  • escumares infinitive second-person singular
  • escumarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • escumardes infinitive plural second-person
  • escumarem infinitive plural third-person
  • escumando gerund
  • escumados masculine participle past
  • escumada feminine participle past
  • escumadas feminine participle past
  • escumas indicative present second-person
  • escuma indicative present singular
  • escumamos first-person indicative plural
  • escumais indicative plural present
  • escumam indicative plural present
  • escumava first-person imperfect indicative
  • escumavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce escumar?

  • Brazil /is.kuˈma(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [is.kuˈma(h)]
  • Brazil /es.kuˈma(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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