ahumar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *affumāre, from Latin adfumāre, from ad- + fumāre, present active infinitive of fumō. Compare Portuguese and Asturian afumar, Italian affumare, Romanian afuma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈmaɾ/ [au̯ˈmaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to smoke (apply smoke to, for example food)
2. (colloquial, reflexive) to get drunk

Derived terms

• ahumado
• ahumador

Related terms

• humo
• humar
• humear

Further reading

• “ahumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014