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afumar

Pronunciation: /afuˈmaɾ/

“afumar” is a Galician word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to smoke (to preserve, dry or fill with smoke)

In Galician

  1. Expoñer ó fume un alimento, durante un período prolongado, co fin de conservalo por un tempo longo sen que se deteriore.
  2. Encher de fume un obxecto ou unha habitación.
  3. Amarrar unha corda ao afumadoiro.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese afumar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *affūmāre, ultimately from Latin fūmus (“smoke”, noun). By surface analysis, a- + fumo + -ar. Compare Portuguese and Asturian afumar, Spanish ahumar.

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