perfumar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.fuˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.fuˈmaɾ]

Verb

perfumar (first-person singular present perfumo, first-person singular preterite perfumí, past participle perfumat)

1. to scent

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Portuguese

Verb

1. (transitive) to perfume (to apply perfume to)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin per- +‎ fūmāre (“to smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾfuˈmaɾ/ [peɾ.fuˈmaɾ]

Verb

perfumar (first-person singular present perfumo, first-person singular preterite perfumé, past participle perfumado)

1. to scent

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perfumar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			perfumar
gerund			perfumando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perfumado		perfumada
		plural		perfumados		perfumadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perfumo	perfumastú perfumásvos	perfuma	perfumamos	perfumáis	perfuman
	imperfect	perfumaba	perfumabas	perfumaba	perfumábamos	perfumabais	perfumaban
	preterite	perfumé	perfumaste	perfumó	perfumamos	perfumasteis	perfumaron
	future	perfumaré	perfumarás	perfumará	perfumaremos	perfumaréis	perfumarán
	conditional	perfumaría	perfumarías	perfumaría	perfumaríamos	perfumaríais	perfumarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perfume	perfumestú perfumésvos2	perfume	perfumemos	perfuméis	perfumen
	imperfect (ra)	perfumara	perfumaras	perfumara	perfumáramos	perfumarais	perfumaran
	imperfect (se)	perfumase	perfumases	perfumase	perfumásemos	perfumaseis	perfumasen
	future1	perfumare	perfumares	perfumare	perfumáremos	perfumareis	perfumaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		perfumatú perfumávos	perfume	perfumemos	perfumad	perfumen
	negative		no perfumes	no perfume	no perfumemos	no perfuméis	no perfumen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of perfumar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive perfumar
	dative	perfumarme	perfumarte	perfumarle, perfumarse	perfumarnos	perfumaros	perfumarles, perfumarse
	accusative	perfumarme	perfumarte	perfumarlo, perfumarla, perfumarse	perfumarnos	perfumaros	perfumarlos, perfumarlas, perfumarse
with gerund perfumando
	dative	perfumándome	perfumándote	perfumándole, perfumándose	perfumándonos	perfumándoos	perfumándoles, perfumándose
	accusative	perfumándome	perfumándote	perfumándolo, perfumándola, perfumándose	perfumándonos	perfumándoos	perfumándolos, perfumándolas, perfumándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative perfuma
	dative	perfúmame	perfúmate	perfúmale	perfúmanos	not used	perfúmales
	accusative	perfúmame	perfúmate	perfúmalo, perfúmala	perfúmanos	not used	perfúmalos, perfúmalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative perfumá
	dative	perfumame	perfumate	perfumale	perfumanos	not used	perfumales
	accusative	perfumame	perfumate	perfumalo, perfumala	perfumanos	not used	perfumalos, perfumalas
with formal second-person singular imperative perfume
	dative	perfúmeme	not used	perfúmele, perfúmese	perfúmenos	not used	perfúmeles
	accusative	perfúmeme	not used	perfúmelo, perfúmela, perfúmese	perfúmenos	not used	perfúmelos, perfúmelas
with first-person plural imperative perfumemos
	dative	not used	perfumémoste	perfumémosle	perfumémonos	perfumémoos	perfumémosles
	accusative	not used	perfumémoste	perfumémoslo, perfumémosla	perfumémonos	perfumémoos	perfumémoslos, perfumémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative perfumad
	dative	perfumadme	not used	perfumadle	perfumadnos	perfumaos	perfumadles
	accusative	perfumadme	not used	perfumadlo, perfumadla	perfumadnos	perfumaos	perfumadlos, perfumadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative perfumen
	dative	perfúmenme	not used	perfúmenle	perfúmennos	not used	perfúmenles, perfúmense
	accusative	perfúmenme	not used	perfúmenlo, perfúmenla	perfúmennos	not used	perfúmenlos, perfúmenlas, perfúmense

Further reading

• “perfumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28