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fuma
to smoke /fuˈma/
verb#3363 most common
Also: he/she was smoking, he/she used to smoke
Example sentences
Nu fuma aici!
Don't smoke here!
A fuma este interzis în acest restaurant.
Smoking is forbidden in this restaurant.
Bunicul fuma o pipă în fiecare seară, pe verandă.
Grandfather used to smoke a pipe every evening, on the porch.
Pe vremuri, tata fuma mult, dar s-a lăsat acum zece ani.
In the past, dad used to smoke a lot, but he quit ten years ago.
Deși medicul îl avertizase de nenumărate ori, bărbatul tot mai fuma pe ascuns.
Although the doctor had warned him many times, the man still smoked in secret.
Pe atunci, când fuma aproape toată lumea în birouri și restaurante, nimeni nu se gândea la riscurile pentru sănătate.
Back then, when almost everyone smoked in offices and restaurants, no one thought about the health risks.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | fumez | fumai | voi fuma |
| 2sg | fumezi | fumași | vei fuma |
| 3sg | fumează | fumă | va fuma |
| 1pl | fumăm | fumarăm | vom fuma |
| 2pl | fumați | fumarăți | veți fuma |
| 3pl | fumează | fumară | vor fuma |
Word family
fumsmoke
fumătorsmoker (male or generic)
fumătoaresmoker (female), or smoking area
fumatsmoking (the act)afumatsmoked, cured with smoke
Etymology
The verb comes from the Romanian noun "fum" (smoke), which descends from Latin "fumus". Latin also had the verb "fumare", and Romanian's "a fuma" continues this pattern of turning the smoke word into an action word. Sister Romance languages built the same verb on the same root, each in its own sound shape.
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