esfumar

From es- +‎ fum +‎ -ar. Compare Italian sfumare.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

esfumar (first-person singular present esfumo, first-person singular preterite esfumí, past participle esfumat)

1. (transitive) to soften; to tone down
2. (reflexive) to fade out; to vanish
3. (reflexive, colloquial) to slip away (leave unnoticed)

• difuminar

• esfumadura
• esfumí

• “esfumar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Italian sfumare.

• IPA^(key): /esfuˈmaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧fu‧mar

esfumar (first-person singular present esfumo, first-person singular preterite esfumé, past participle esfumado)

1. (transitive) to soften; to tone down
2. (reflexive) to fade out; to vanish
3. (reflexive, colloquial) to slip away (leave unnoticed)

• “esfumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10