Polyglot Dictionary

ahumar

/auˈmaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
ahumo
preterite (yo)
ahumé
past participle
ahumado

Meaning

  1. to smoke

    • Ahúman el salmón.

      They smoke the salmon.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

humear

ahumar means to smoke something, like smoking meat or fish for preservation, transitive; humear means to emit smoke, like a chimney smoking, intransitive.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fumar

fumar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to smoke."

Practice

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