How to Say "to smoke" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “to smoke” is “fumar” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
Examples
¿Puedes fumar afuera, por favor? Hace mucho calor aquí dentro.
Can you smoke outside, please? It's very hot in here.
Dejó de fumar hace cinco años y se siente mucho mejor.
He stopped smoking five years ago and feels much better.
La ley prohíbe fumar en todos los espacios públicos cerrados.
The law prohibits smoking in all enclosed public spaces.
Simple Regularity
Fumar is a perfectly regular verb, meaning its endings follow the standard pattern for all -ar verbs. If you know how to conjugate 'hablar,' you know 'fumar'!
Object Confusion
Mistake: “Quiero fumar un cigarrillo.”
Correction: Quiero fumar (or Quiero un cigarrillo). While grammatically correct, often Spanish speakers simply use 'fumar' without specifying 'cigarrillo' unless context requires it.
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