afumar

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Asturian

Verb

afumar (first-person singular indicative present afumio, past participle afumiáu)

  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of fumiar (give off smoke)

Conjugation

Galician

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese afumar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *affūmāre, ultimately from Latin fūmus (smoke, noun). By surface analysis, a- +‎ fumo +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese and Asturian afumar, Spanish ahumar.

Pronunciation

Verb

afumar (first-person singular present afumo, first-person singular preterite afumei, past participle afumado)

  1. to smoke (to preserve, dry or fill with smoke)
    • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 30:
      Et andou arredor del tres vezes cõ aquelas fachas ençẽdidas, afumãdoo cõ ellas tres vezes
      And he walked around it for three times with that lit torches, smoking it with them three times

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