fum
Portuguese, noun/ˈfũ/
fum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “heavy breath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does fum mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Imitating a heavy, nasal breath.
noun
- 1
masculineheavy breath
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa desagrado causado por mau cheiro
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.
How do you pronounce fum?
- Brazil /ˈfũ/
- Portugal /ˈfũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fum in Portuguese?
fum appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).