hum(
huhm
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
Anybody can hum, but whistling is much more difficult.Cualquier persona puede tararear, pero silbar es mucho más difícil.
Could you please stop humming? You're distracting me.¿Puedes dejar de tararear? Me estás desconcentrando.
b. canturrear
Whenever you hum, I know that you're up to no good.Cuando canturreas, sé que no estás haciendo nada bueno.
a. zumbar
When a bee hums, the sound actually comes from its rapidly beating wings.Cuando una abeja zumba, el sonido realmente viene de su rápido batir de alas.
3. (to be busy)
a. bullir
The bazaar, full of buyers and sellers, hummed with activity.El bazar, lleno de compradores y vendedores, bullía de actividad.
4. (colloquial) (to have a bad smell) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
b. oler mal
Put the food in the fridge or it'll rot and hum.Pon la comida en el refrigerador o se pudrirá y olerá mal.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
b. canturrear
He hummed the song when he couldn't remember the words.Canturreó la canción cuando no pudo recordar la letra.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el zumbido (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The hum of the refrigerator was louder than ever, so we called the repairman.El zumbido del refrigerador nunca había sido tan fuerte, así que llamamos al técnico.
b. el murmullo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
We could barely hear the speech over the hum of the crowd.Apenas podíamos oír el discurso con el murmullo de la multitud.
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