fumó

Fumó is the third person singular form of the Spanish verb fumar in the pretérito perfecto simple, used to express that someone smoked at a specific moment in the past. It corresponds to “he smoked” or “she smoked” in English, and to “usted fumó” in formal address.

Grammatical details: fumar is an -ar verb. In the pretérito, the endings are -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron. Therefore, the forms include yo fumé, tú fumaste, él fumó, nosotros fumamos, vosotros fumasteis, ellos fumaron. The accented ó on fumó marks the stressed syllable and distinguishes it from the present tense yo fumo or other forms.

Usage: Fumó is used in narratives, reports, or descriptions of past events involving smoking, including tobacco, cannabis, or other inhaled substances. It is most common when the time of the action is explicit or understood from context. The present tense form fumo is used for “I smoke” in Spanish.

Etymology and notes: fumar descends from Latin fumare “to smoke,” via Vulgar Latin and Spanish; cognates appear in other Romance languages such as Portuguese fumer, French fumer, Italian fumare. Regional variations may exist in the preferred terms for smoking specific substances, but fumó remains the standard past-tense form in standard Spanish.

See also: fumar; preterite; Spanish verbs.