Latin

Verb

humō ‎(present infinitive humāre, perfect active humāvī, supine humātum); first conjugation

1. I bury
2. (figuratively) I perform funeral rites

Inflection

Noun

humō

1. ablative singular of humus

References

• humo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• humo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “humo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• húmus

Etymology

From Latin humus ‎(“earth, soil, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm ‎(“earth”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈu.mu/
• Hyphenation: hu‧mo

Noun

humo m (plural humos)

1. humus (natural organic compounds found in the soil)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.mo/

Etymology

From Old Spanish fumo, (cf. Ladino umo), from Latin fūmum, singular accusative of fūmus, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.

Noun

humo m ‎(plural humos)

1. smoke
2. fume
3. (chiefly in the plural) conceit

Derived terms

• bajar los humos

Related terms

• humear

Swahili

Adjective

humo

1. Mu class inflected form of hiyo.