# fumar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin fūmāre, present active indicative of fūmō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuˈmaɾ/ [fuˈmaɾ]

### Verb

fumar (first-person singular indicative present fumo, past participle fumáu)
* to smoke

#### Related terms

* fumu
* afumar
* fumiar

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūmāre, present active indicative of fūmō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fuˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fuˈmaɾ]
* Audio (Catalonia):(file)

### Verb

fumar (first-person singular present fumo, first-person singular preterite fumí, past participle fumat)
* (transitive, intransitive) to smoke
* (pronominal) to become smoked or smoky

#### Derived terms

* fumador
* fumatge

#### Related terms

* fum
* fumant
* fumejar
* fumer
* fumera
* fumigar

### Further reading

* “fumar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fumar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “fumar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fumar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin fūmāre, present active indicative of fūmō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fu.ˈmaɾ/

### Verb

fumar (first-person singular present fumo, first-person singular preterite fumei, past participle fumado)
* to smoke
** 1820, anonymous author, Diálogo entre Dominjos è Farruco:¿Con que eses papès que leche non balen nada, exâ podo fumalos ou limpiar ò cu con eles?So these papers you read don't worth a thing, and now I can smoke them or clean my ass with them?

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* fume

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto fumi, English fume, French fumer, Italian fumare, Spanish fumar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuˈmar/

### Verb

fumar (present fumas, past fumis, future fumos, conditional fumus, imperative fumez)
* (transitive, intransitive) to smoke
    Mea charioto anciena ankore fumis mem pos la repari.My old truck was still smoking, even after the repairs.
    Lu prizas fumar dum la dejuno-tempo.He/she likes to smoke during the lunch breaks.

#### Derived terms

* drinko-fumeyo (“taproom”)
* fumagar (“to fumigate; to smoke out (someone)”)
* fumagilo (“fumigating apparatus”)
* fumanto (“smoker”)
* fumero (“smoker”)
* fumifanta (“smoky; smoke-producing”)
* fumifar (“to produce smoke”)
* fumizado (“smoke drying”)
* fumizar (“to cover with smoke; to smoke dry”)
* fumizita (“smoked (food)”)
* fumo (“smoke”)
* fumo-fenduro (“smoke fissure”)
* fumo-karbono (“smoking coal, smoky bit of charcoal”)
* fumo-nigro (“lampblack”)
* fumoza (“smoky; smoke-producing”)
* fumuro (“smoke”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

fumar
* present of fuma

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin fūmāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fuˈma(ʁ)/ [fuˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fuˈma(ʁ)/ [fuˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fuˈma(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fuˈma(ʁ)/ [fuˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fuˈma(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuˈmaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuˈmaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fuˈma.ɾi/
* (Portugal, natural speech) IPA: [fʷˈmaɾ]
* (Azores) IPA: [fʷˈma], [fˈma], [fˈmɑ]

### Verb

fumar (first-person singular present fumo, first-person singular preterite fumei, past participle fumado)
* (intransitive, transitive) to smoke, to deliberately inhale smoke
* (transitive) to smoke (to preserve or prepare food for by treating with smoke)
    Synonym: defumar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* fumo

### References

* “fumar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

From fum +‎ -ar, or from Latin fumārium, from fūmus (“smoke”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuˈmar/

### Noun

fumar n (plural fumare)
* chimney
    Synonyms: coș, cămin, horn, hogeag

#### Related terms

* fum

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Italian fumaiolo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fǔmaːr/
* Hyphenation: fu‧mar

### Noun

fùmār m (Cyrillic spelling фу̀ма̄р)
* (regional) chimney
    Synonym: dȋmnjāk

### References

* “fumar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from French fumer, from Latin fūmāre, present active indicative of fūmō. Doublet of humar, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuˈmaɾ/ [fuˈmaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fu‧mar

### Verb

fumar (first-person singular present fumo, first-person singular preterite fumé, past participle fumado)
* (intransitive) to smoke (to give off smoke)
    Synonym: humear
* (intransitive) to smoke (to inhale and exhale tobacco smoke)
    Dejar de fumar beneficia la salud.Stopping smoking benefits one's health.
* (transitive) to smoke (to inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* fumable
* fumador
* fumar como chino en quiebra
* fumar como un carretero
* fumarse una clase
* no fumar
* papel de fumar

#### Related terms

* ahumar
* humar
* humear
* humo

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “fumar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “fumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10