espuma

From Latin spūma.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpu.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpu.ma]

espuma f (plural espumes)

1. alternative form of escuma

• “espuma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “espuma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “espuma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “espuma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin spūma, from spuō (“I spit, spew”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈpuma/

espuma f (plural espumas)

1. foam
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 50r:

     DEl .iij. grado del ſigno de libra, es la piedra q̃l dizen alguẽna ⁊ es la ſegunda manera de eſpuma de mar.

     Of the third degree of the sign of Libra is the stone they call algal; it is the second kind of sea foam.

• Spanish: espuma

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũmɐ, (Portugal) -umɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧pu‧ma

From Latin spūma.

espuma f (plural espumas)

1. foam; froth (mass of bubbles)

   Synonym: escuma

   Cerveja boa tem bastante espuma.

   Good beer has a lot of froth.

2. spittle (frothy saliva)
3. foam rubber

• espumar

espuma

1. inflection of espumar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /esˈpuma/ [esˈpu.ma]

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• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: es‧pu‧ma

Inherited from Old Spanish espuma, from Latin spūma.

espuma f (plural espumas)

1. foam
2. mousse

   Synonym: mousse

espuma

1. inflection of espumar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “espuma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024