What does ahumado in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word ahumado in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ahumado in Spanish.

The word ahumado in Spanish means smoked, tinted, smoking, smoke, fill with smoke, be smoked, fill with smoke, smoke, smoked ham. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word ahumado

smoked

adjetivo (alimento: al humo)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El salmón ahumado se obtiene al macerar el salmón en salmuera y secarlo con humo.
Smoked salmon is made by soaking the salmon in salt water and using smoke to dry it out.

tinted

adjetivo (objeto: grisáceo) (glass, lenses)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
No vieron el color de sus ojos porque usaba lentes de cristal ahumado.
They didn't see the color of his eyes because he was wearing tinted glasses.

smoking

nombre masculino (acción de ahumar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El ahumado es una técnica para la conservación de alimentos.
Smoking is a technique used to preserve perishable foods.

smoke

verbo transitivo (dar sabor a humo)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El chef ahumó la carne.
The chef smoked the meat.

fill with smoke

verbo transitivo (humear, echar humo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
La chimenea ahumó toda la casa.
The chimney filled the whole house with smoke.

be smoked

verbo pronominal (tomar sabor a humo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
El queso se ahumó antes de ser envasado.
The cheese was smoked before being packaged.

fill with smoke

verbo pronominal (llenarse de humo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Toda la cocina se ahumó cuando se quemó la carne.
The whole kitchen filled with smoke when the meat burned.

smoke

verbo intransitivo (quemar, echar humo)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
El pescado empezó a ahumar y lo quité del fuego.
The fish began to smoke, and I took it off the fire.

smoked ham

nombre masculino (embutido del jamón)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Prefiero el jamón curado al jamón ahumado.

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