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fumar

/fuˈmaɾ/

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verb/fuˈmaɾ/

to smoke (give off smoke); to smoke (inhale and exhale tobacco smoke); to smoke (inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.)

Dejar de fumar beneficia la salud.Stopping smoking benefits one's health.

Synonyms: humear

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mós Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós Proto-Italic *θūmos Proto-Italic *fūmos Latin fūmus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fūmō Old French [Term?] Middle French fumer French fumerbor.? Spanish fumar Probably borrowed from French fumer, from Latin fūmāre. Doublet of humar (which