Noun: escuma
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | escuma |
| Plural f | escumas |
Sample Sentences
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Et el deytaua da boca hũa escuma que semellaua chama, et o sseu bafo semellaua que queymaua o ayro. (He ejected from his mouth a foam that looked as a flame, and his breath appeared to burn the air) [1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana:]
Nouns inflected like escuma
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Probably blend of Latin spūma and a Germanic skum, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz. Compare Catalan escuma, French écume. See: Latin Nouns '
spūma', Catalan Nouns '
escuma', French Nouns '
écume'.
Verbs referencing "escuma"
Catalan Nouns
escuma.
Translations