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fumo

Portuguese, noun/ˈfũ.mu/

fumo is spelled F-U-M-O (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fumo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “smoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of fumar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mistura complexa de gases, vapores e partículas em suspensão que se desprendem dos corpos aquecidos ou em…”.

What does fumo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesmoke

  2. 2

    masculinefume

  3. 3

    masculinetobacco

verb

  1. 1

    pronunciation spelling of fomos, representing rural Brazilian Portuguese

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of fumar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mistura complexa de gases, vapores e partículas em suspensão que se desprendem dos corpos aquecidos ou em combustão 2. tabaco para fumar 3. o vício de fumar 4. tira de pano preto usado como distintivo de luto

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 fumo

  • fumos plural

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

How do you pronounce fumo?

  • Brazil /ˈfũ.mu/
  • Portugal /ˈfu.mu/

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

English words that translate to fumo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fumo in Portuguese?

fumo appears 11 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).

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