pum
Portuguese, noun/ˈpũ/
pum is spelled P-U-M (3 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fart (emission of digestive gases from the anus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gases intestinais, mais ou menos ruidosos, expelidos pelo ânus”.
What does pum mean in English?
interjection
- 1
bang, pop
noun
- 1
masculinefart (emission of digestive gases from the anus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. exclamação que demonstra a imitação do som da queda de um objeto 2. exclamação que demonstra a imitação do som de uma explosão
noun: 1. gases intestinais, mais ou menos ruidosos, expelidos pelo ânus 2. som causado pela queda de um objeto 3. som causado por uma explosão
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 pum
- pum! canonical
- puns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pum?
- Brazil /ˈpũ/
- Portugal /ˈpũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pum in Portuguese?
pum appears 1.3 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).