espuma
Portuguese, noun/isˈpũ.mɐ/
espuma is spelled E-S-P-U-M-A (6 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espuma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “foam; froth (mass of bubbles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of espumar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agregação inconsistente de pequenas bolhas que se forma sobre líquidos ebulientes, fermentantes ou agitados…”.
What does espuma mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefoam; froth (mass of bubbles)
Cerveja boa tem bastante espuma.
- 2
femininespittle (frothy saliva)
- 3
femininefoam rubber
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. agregação inconsistente de pequenas bolhas que se forma sobre líquidos ebulientes, fermentantes ou agitados, mormente pela agitação de água à qual se adicionaram certas substâncias, tais como sabões ou detergentes 2. saliva formando uma agregação de pequenas bolhas, em certas doenças, como a hidrofobia; baba 3. silicato natural hidratado de magnésio, que é uma argila fina, macia, extremamente leve, usado para cachimbos; também chamado sepiolita
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 espuma
- espumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espuma?
- Brazil /isˈpũ.mɐ/
- Brazil /esˈpũ.mɐ/
- /iʃˈpũ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espuma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espuma in Portuguese?
espuma appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).