SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

fumar

to smoke (give off smoke)

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

fumar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yofumo
túfumas
él / ella / ustedfuma
nosotros / nosotrasfumamos
vosotros / vosotrasfumáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfuman

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

fumar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yofumé
túfumaste
él / ella / ustedfumó
nosotros / nosotrasfumamos
vosotros / vosotrasfumasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfumaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

fumar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yofumaba
túfumabas
él / ella / ustedfumaba
nosotros / nosotrasfumábamos
vosotros / vosotrasfumabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesfumaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

fumar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yofumaré
túfumarás
él / ella / ustedfumará
nosotros / nosotrasfumaremos
vosotros / vosotrasfumaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfumarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

fumar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yofumaría
túfumarías
él / ella / ustedfumaría
nosotros / nosotrasfumaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasfumaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesfumarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

fumar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yofume
túfumes
él / ella / ustedfume
nosotros / nosotrasfumemos
vosotros / vosotrasfuméis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfumen

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to smoke (give off smoke)
  • to smoke (inhale and exhale tobacco smoke)
  • to smoke (inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.)

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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