Meaning
to smoke (food)
- To cure, preserve, or flavour meat, fish, or cheese by exposing it to smoke.
- To fill or blacken with smoke.
In a sentence
In questa bottega affumicano la trota secondo un metodo tradizionale.
In this shop they smoke trout using a traditional method.
Il cuoco ha affumicato il formaggio con legno di faggio.
The chef smoked the cheese using beech wood.
Se non apri la finestra, il fumo affumicherà tutta la cucina.
If you don't open the window, the smoke will fill the entire kitchen.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| affumicare | infinitive |
| affumico | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| affumichi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affumica | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affumichiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| affumicate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affumicano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affumicavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affumicavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affumicava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affumicavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affumicavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affumicavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affumicai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| affumicasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| affumicò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| affumicammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| affumicaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| affumicarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| affumicherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| affumicherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| affumicherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| affumicheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| affumicherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| affumicheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| affumichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| affumichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affumichi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affumichiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| affumichiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affumichino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affumicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| affumicassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| affumicasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| affumicassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| affumicaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| affumicassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| affumicherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| affumicheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| affumicherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| affumicheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| affumichereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| affumicherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| affumica | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| affumichiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| affumicate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| affumicando | gerund |
| affumicato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Spelling note: keeps the hard 'c' sound by adding 'h' before 'e' and 'i' (e.g., 'affumichiamo').
- The past participle 'affumicato' functions widely as an adjective: 'salmone affumicato'.