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fumat

smoked (past participle of "a fuma", to smoke) /fuˈmat/

verb#3073 most common

Also: having smoked, smoking (as a noun, in the article form "fumatul")

Example sentences

Tata a fumat o țigară.
Dad smoked a cigarette.
Fumatul este interzis în această clădire.
Smoking is prohibited in this building.
Nu am fumat niciodată o țigară.
I have never smoked a cigarette.
Fumatul pasiv poate afecta sănătatea copiilor.
Passive smoking can affect children's health.
Deși știa că fumatul îi dăunează sănătății, nu a reușit să se lase de fumat.
Although he knew that smoking was harmful to his health, he could not manage to quit smoking.
Dacă n-ar fi fumat atât de mult în tinerețe, poate că nu ar fi suferit de atâtea probleme respiratorii la bătrânețe.
If he had not smoked so much in his youth, he might not have suffered from so many respiratory problems in old age.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgfumezfumaivoi fuma
2sgfumezifumașivei fuma
3sgfumeazăfumăva fuma
1plfumămfumarămvom fuma
2plfumațifumarățiveți fuma
3plfumeazăfumarăvor fuma

Word family

fumsmoke
a fumato smoke
fumătorsmoker
fumatulsmoking (the habit or act)
afumatsmoked (food), smoky

Etymology

The verb "a fuma" entered Romanian in the modern era as a borrowing from French "fumer", itself descended from Latin "fumare", built on "fumus" (smoke). Romanian attached its regular past-participle ending "-at" to the stem "fum-" to form "fumat". The same participle also serves as a neuter supine noun, "fumatul", meaning the act of smoking.

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