Meaning
smoke
- smoking (habit)
- hashish (informal)
In a sentence
C'è troppo fumo in cucina, apri la finestra.
There’s too much smoke in the kitchen, open the window.
Hai visto il fumo nero sopra la macchina?
Did you see the black smoke above the car?
L'odore di fumo è rimasto in tutta la stanza.
The smell of smoke lingered throughout the room.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fumo | masculine · singular |
| fumi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Usually uncountable for the substance: c'è fumo. Use un fumo only in fixed or literary uses, not for ordinary smoke.
- Don't confuse fumo with sigaretta or sigaro: fumo is the smoke itself, not the thing being smoked.
- In figurative use, vendere fumo means making empty promises or hype; it's informal and often critical.