Meaning
to smoke
- to give off smoke or steam
In a sentence
Non puoi fumare qui dentro, c'è il bambino.
You can't smoke in here, the child is here.
Hai fumato di nuovo dopo cena ieri?
Did you smoke again after dinner yesterday?
Il caffè fuma ancora.
The coffee is still steaming.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fumare | infinitive |
| fumiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| fumo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| fumate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fumi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fumano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fuma | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fumavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fumavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fumavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fumavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fumavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fumava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fumammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| fumai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| fumaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| fumasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| fumarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| fumò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| fumeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| fumerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| fumerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| fumerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| fumeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| fumerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| fumiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| fumi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| fumiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fumi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fumino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fumi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fumassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| fumassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| fumaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| fumassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| fumassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| fumasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| fumeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| fumerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| fumereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| fumeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| fumerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| fumerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| fumiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| fumate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| fuma | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| fumando | gerund |
| fumato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use fumare for smoking cigarettes or cigars; for inhaling drugs, Italians often specify the substance: fumare erba, fumare crack.
- For machines or food giving off smoke/steam, fumare is common: il camino fuma, la pasta fuma.
- As an intransitive verb in compound tenses, it normally takes avere: ho fumato troppo.