fumegar

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Galician

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Etymology

Attested since 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin fūmigāre.

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fumegar (first-person singular present fumego, first-person singular preterite fumeguei, past participle fumegado)

  1. to smoke, steam; to emit smoke or steam
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:
      primeiramente pararas o Cauallo en lugar caente et caenta enno fogo pedras, et lançaas so o uentre do Cauallo, et Cubri o Cauallo de hũa cuberta de llãa, et llança sobre aquellas pedras agooa caente tanto que as faças fumegar en gisa que se uolua o Cauallo en suuor todo
      first, you shall take the horse to a hot place, and heat on the fire some stones, and put them under the horse's belly, and cover the horse with a wool coverture, and pour over that stones hot water so that they steam in order that the horse covers in sweat
    • 1891, José Barral Campos, O amigo de S. Pedro:
      Dimpois de comer dúas cuncas de caldo, deitouse na cama, sacou da faltrica do chaleque dous cigarros e unha navalla e liando un pito, púxose a fumegar polas ventas das narices, o mesmo có tren.
      After eating two bowls of broth he laid down on the bed; he took two cigars and a pocket knife from the vest's pocket and, rolling a cigarette, began to throw smoke by the nostrils, not unlike a train

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin fūmigāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

fumegar (first-person singular present fumego, first-person singular preterite fumeguei, past participle fumegado)

  1. to smoke, steam, reek

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