perfumar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pər.fuˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.fuˈmaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [per.fuˈma]

Verb

perfumar (first-person singular present perfumo, first-person singular preterite perfumí, past participle perfumat)

1. to scent

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of perfumar (first conjugation)

infinitive			perfumar
gerund			perfumant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perfumat		perfumada
		plural		perfumats		perfumades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	perfumo	perfumes	perfuma	perfumem	perfumeu	perfumen
	imperfect	perfumava	perfumaves	perfumava	perfumàvem	perfumàveu	perfumaven
	future	perfumaré	perfumaràs	perfumarà	perfumarem	perfumareu	perfumaran
	preterite	perfumí	perfumares	perfumà	perfumàrem	perfumàreu	perfumaren
	conditional	perfumaria	perfumaries	perfumaria	perfumaríem	perfumaríeu	perfumarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	perfumi	perfumis	perfumi	perfumem	perfumeu	perfumin
	imperfect	perfumés	perfumessis	perfumés	perfuméssim	perfuméssiu	perfumessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	perfuma	perfumi	perfumem	perfumeu	perfumin
	negative (no)	—	no perfumis	no perfumi	no perfumem	no perfumeu	no perfumin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.fuˈma(ʁ)/ [peh.fuˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.fuˈma(ʁ)/ [peh.fuˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.fuˈma(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.fuˈma(ʁ)/ [peχ.fuˈma(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peɻ.fuˈma(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.fuˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.fuˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.fuˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: per‧fu‧mar

Verb

perfumar (first-person singular present perfumo, first-person singular preterite perfumei, past participle perfumado)

1. (transitive) to perfume (to apply perfume to)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perfumar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	perfumar
Personal	perfumar	perfumares	perfumar	perfumarmos	perfumardes	perfumarem
Gerund
	perfumando
Past participle
Masculine	perfumado			perfumados
Feminine	perfumada			perfumadas
Indicative
Present	perfumo	perfumas	perfuma	perfumamos	perfumais	perfumam
Imperfect	perfumava	perfumavas	perfumava	perfumávamos	perfumáveis	perfumavam
Preterite	perfumei	perfumaste	perfumou	perfumamos1, perfumámos2	perfumastes	perfumaram
Pluperfect	perfumara	perfumaras	perfumara	perfumáramos	perfumáreis	perfumaram
Future	perfumarei	perfumarás	perfumará	perfumaremos	perfumareis	perfumarão
Conditional	perfumaria	perfumarias	perfumaria	perfumaríamos	perfumaríeis	perfumariam
Subjunctive
Present	perfume	perfumes	perfume	perfumemos	perfumeis	perfumem
Imperfect	perfumasse	perfumasses	perfumasse	perfumássemos	perfumásseis	perfumassem
Future	perfumar	perfumares	perfumar	perfumarmos	perfumardes	perfumarem
Imperative
Affirmative		perfuma	perfume	perfumemos	perfumai	perfumem
Negative (não)		não perfumes	não perfume	não perfumemos	não perfumeis	não perfumem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “perfumar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “perfumar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin per- +‎ fūmāre (“to smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾfuˈmaɾ/ [peɾ.fuˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧fu‧mar

Verb

perfumar (first-person singular present perfumo, first-person singular preterite perfumé, past participle perfumado)

1. to scent

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perfumar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			perfumar
gerund			perfumando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perfumado		perfumada
		plural		perfumados		perfumadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perfumo	perfumastú perfumásvos	perfuma	perfumamos	perfumáis	perfuman
	imperfect	perfumaba	perfumabas	perfumaba	perfumábamos	perfumabais	perfumaban
	preterite	perfumé	perfumaste	perfumó	perfumamos	perfumasteis	perfumaron
	future	perfumaré	perfumarás	perfumará	perfumaremos	perfumaréis	perfumarán
	conditional	perfumaría	perfumarías	perfumaría	perfumaríamos	perfumaríais	perfumarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perfume	perfumestú perfumésvos2	perfume	perfumemos	perfuméis	perfumen
	imperfect (ra)	perfumara	perfumaras	perfumara	perfumáramos	perfumarais	perfumaran
	imperfect (se)	perfumase	perfumases	perfumase	perfumásemos	perfumaseis	perfumasen
	future1	perfumare	perfumares	perfumare	perfumáremos	perfumareis	perfumaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		perfumatú perfumávos	perfume	perfumemos	perfumad	perfumen
	negative		no perfumes	no perfume	no perfumemos	no perfuméis	no perfumen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of perfumar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive perfumar	dative	perfumarme	perfumarte	perfumarle, perfumarse	perfumarnos	perfumaros	perfumarles, perfumarse
	accusative	perfumarme	perfumarte	perfumarlo, perfumarla, perfumarse	perfumarnos	perfumaros	perfumarlos, perfumarlas, perfumarse
with gerund perfumando	dative	perfumándome	perfumándote	perfumándole, perfumándose	perfumándonos	perfumándoos	perfumándoles, perfumándose
	accusative	perfumándome	perfumándote	perfumándolo, perfumándola, perfumándose	perfumándonos	perfumándoos	perfumándolos, perfumándolas, perfumándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative perfuma	dative	perfúmame	perfúmate	perfúmale	perfúmanos	not used	perfúmales
	accusative	perfúmame	perfúmate	perfúmalo, perfúmala	perfúmanos	not used	perfúmalos, perfúmalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative perfumá	dative	perfumame	perfumate	perfumale	perfumanos	not used	perfumales
	accusative	perfumame	perfumate	perfumalo, perfumala	perfumanos	not used	perfumalos, perfumalas
with formal second-person singular imperative perfume	dative	perfúmeme	not used	perfúmele, perfúmese	perfúmenos	not used	perfúmeles
	accusative	perfúmeme	not used	perfúmelo, perfúmela, perfúmese	perfúmenos	not used	perfúmelos, perfúmelas
with first-person plural imperative perfumemos	dative	not used	perfumémoste	perfumémosle	perfumémonos	perfumémoos	perfumémosles
	accusative	not used	perfumémoste	perfumémoslo, perfumémosla	perfumémonos	perfumémoos	perfumémoslos, perfumémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative perfumad	dative	perfumadme	not used	perfumadle	perfumadnos	perfumaos	perfumadles
	accusative	perfumadme	not used	perfumadlo, perfumadla	perfumadnos	perfumaos	perfumadlos, perfumadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative perfumen	dative	perfúmenme	not used	perfúmenle	perfúmennos	not used	perfúmenles, perfúmense
	accusative	perfúmenme	not used	perfúmenlo, perfúmenla	perfúmennos	not used	perfúmenlos, perfúmenlas, perfúmense

Further reading

• “perfumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025