smoke

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el humor

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smoke
[sməʊk]
sustantivo
1humo (m)
  • to have a smoke -> fumarse un cigarrillo
  • to go up in smoke (sentido figurado) -> esfumarse, desvanecerse
  • there's no smoke without fire (Prov) -> cuando el río suena, agua lleva
  • smoke bomb -> bomba (f) de humo
  • smoke detector -> detector (m) de humo
  • smoke screen (also sentido figurado) -> cortina (f) de humo
  • smoke signals -> señales (f pl) de humo
verbo transitivo
2fumar (cigarette)
  • to smoke a pipe -> fumar en pipa
3ahumar (meat, fish)
verbo intransitivo
4fumar (person)
5echar humo (chimney, oil)

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smoke [smouk-skrin]
sustantivo
1Humear, echar de sí humo.
2Arder, estar encendido.
  • To go up in quedar destruido en un incendio -> 3. Moverse con velocidad levantando polvo
3Oler, descubrir.
4Fumar, consumir tabaco en cigarro o pipa.
5Ahumar, poner al humo alguna cosa para que se cure; sahumar.
6Fumar, quemar tabaco en hoja; aspirar el humo del tabaco.
  • To have a echar un pitillo -> 3. Ahumar, ahogar con humo; echar, hacer salir por medio del humo; se usa frecuentemente con la prep
7Oler, descubrir, indagar. (Antiguo)
  • To smoke out -> expeler a uno con intención de que no vuelva
va.out.

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smoke [sməʊk]
noun
1 humo; (m)
a cloud/a puff of smoke
cigarette smoke humo de cigarrillos; (m) smoke blue azul grisáceo; (m) smoke grey gris humo; (m) to go up in smoke [+building] quemarse (totalmente); [+plans] quedar en agua de borrajas; [+hopes, money] esfumarse; [+future] malograrse
woodland home owners are in danger of watching their dream houses go up in smoke DISMAYED thieves watched thousands of pounds go up in smoke after accidentally setting fire to the building his whole political future could go up in smoke all your best-laid plans can go up in smoke in a matter of minutes Salvagers had laid plans to keep the oil out of the water and off the shore by pumping it out of the ship's cargo tanks and into a waiting barge # But today those plans went up in smoke we see our taxes go up in smoke and what do we get for it? doctors are scared to death they will see their professional lives going up in smoke I'm not prepared to watch this child's future go up in smoke for the lack of a few hundred pounds
the (Big) Smoke (Britain) (informal) Londres
smoke and mirrors especially (US) artificios; (m)
there's no smoke without firewhere there's smoke there's fire cuando el río suena, piedras agua lleva;or
2 (informal) (cigarette) pitillo; (informal) (m) cigarrillo; (m) cigarro; (m)
I'm dying for a smoke tengo unas ganas locas de fumarme un pitillo un cigarrillo un cigarro; (informal)oror
He smiled and offered me a smoke who's pinched my smokes?
to have a smoke fumar(se) un pitillo un cigarrillo un cigarro; (informal)oror
We went outside to have a smoke
3 (informal) (drugs) hierba; (informal) (f) maría; (informal) (f)
verb:transitive
1 [+cigarette, cigar, pipe] fumar
she smoked 60 a day (se) fumaba 60 al día; she wouldn't let him smoke his pipe (in general) no le dejaba fumar en pipa; (on one occasion) no le dejaba fumarse su pipa
he was smoking a pipe He wanted to smoke dope He was sitting alone, smoking a big cigar
2 (Cookery) [+bacon, fish, cheese] ahumar
the grid where the fish were being smoked the haddock which have been landed and smoked at the town of Finnan a smoked glass coffee table
verb:intransitive
1 (emit smoke) echar humo
the chimney always smoked la chimenea siempre estaba echando humo; the chimney was smoking, so someone was home salía humo de la chimenea, así que había alguien en casa
the ruins of the burned out building were still smoking a week later the campfire was still smoking the following morning Hilda had lit a fire, which smoked atrociously When cooking with fat don't let it smoke
2 [+person] fumar
do you smoke? ¿fumas?; do you mind if I smoke? ¿le importa que fume?
He sat and smoked and stared out of the window
to smoke like a chimney (informal) fumar como un carretero como una chimenea;or (informal)
modifier
smoke alarm (n) detector de humo; (m) alarma contra incendios; (f)
smoke bomb (n) bomba granada de humo; (f)or (f)
smoke detector (n) detector de humo; (m)
smoke ring (n) anillo aro de humo; (m)or (m)
to blow smoke rings hacer anillos aros de humo;or
smoke shop (n) (US) estanco; (m)
smoke signal (n) señal de humo; (f)

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Verb Conjugation for "smoke"

Imperative
  • smoke
  • you smoke
  • he/she smokes
  • we smoke
  • you smoke
  • they smoke
Preterite
  • I smoked
  • you smoked
  • he/she smoked
  • we smoked
  • you smoked
  • they smoked
Present Continuous
  • I am smoking
  • you are smoking
  • he/she is smoking
  • we are smoking
  • you are smoking
  • they are smoking
Present Perfect
  • I have smoked
  • you have smoked
  • he/she has smoked
  • we have smoked
  • you have smoked
  • they have smoked
Past Continuous
  • I was smoking
  • you were smoking
  • he/she was smoking
  • we were smoking
  • you were smoking
  • they were smoking
Past Perfect
  • I had smoked
  • you had smoked
  • he/she had smoked
  • we had smoked
  • you had smoked
  • they had smoked
Future
  • I will smoke
  • you will smoke
  • he/she will smoke
  • we will smoke
  • you will smoke
  • they will smoke
Future Perfect
  • I will have smoked
  • you will have smoked
  • he/she will have smoked
  • we will have smoked
  • you will have smoked
  • they will have smoked
Future Continuous
  • I will be smoking
  • you will be smoking
  • he/she will be smoking
  • we will be smoking
  • you will be smoking
  • they will be smoking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been smoking
  • you have been smoking
  • he/she has been smoking
  • we have been smoking
  • you have been smoking
  • they have been smoking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been smoking
  • you will have been smoking
  • he/she will have been smoking
  • we will have been smoking
  • you will have been smoking
  • they will have been smoking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been smoking
  • you had been smoking
  • he/she had been smoking
  • we had been smoking
  • you had been smoking
  • they had been smoking
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