espuma

See also: espumá

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin spūma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əsˈpu.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [esˈpu.ma]

Noun

espuma f (plural espumes)

1. alternative form of escuma

Further reading

• “espuma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “espuma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “espuma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “espuma”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin spūma, from spuō (“to spit, spew”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpuma/

Noun

espuma f (plural espumas)

1. foam
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 50r:

     DEl .iij. grado del ſigno de libra, es la piedra q̃l dizen alguẽna ⁊ es la ſegunda manera de eſpuma de mar.

     Of the third degree of the sign of Libra is the stone they call algal; it is the second kind of sea foam.

Descendants

• Spanish: espuma

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpũ.mɐ/, /esˈpũ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpũ.mɐ/, /esˈpũ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpũ.mɐ/, /eʃˈpũ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpu.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpu.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũmɐ, (Portugal) -umɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧pu‧ma

Etymology 1

From Latin spūma.

Noun

espuma f (plural espumas)

1. foam; froth (mass of bubbles)

   Synonym: escuma

   Cerveja boa tem bastante espuma.

   Good beer has a lot of froth.

2. spittle (frothy saliva)
3. foam rubber

Related terms

• espumar

Etymology 2

Verb

espuma

1. inflection of espumar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “espuma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “espuma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpuma/ [esˈpu.ma]

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• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: es‧pu‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish espuma, from Latin spūma.

Noun

espuma f (plural espumas)

1. foam
2. mousse

   Synonym: mousse

Derived terms

• crecer como la espuma, subir como la espuma
• espuma de mar
• espumilla
• espumoso

Related terms

• espumar

Etymology 2

Verb

espuma

1. inflection of espumar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “espuma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025