echar humo

v.

to fume, to smoke.

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echar humo

to smoke

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(v.) = blow + smoke, fume, steam, smoulder [smolder, -USA], froth at + the mouth

Ex. He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.

Ex. Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.

Ex. Here, the earth still steams with the heat of the lava, and gusts of warm air seem to come from nowhere.

Ex. The remains of the tin-roofed food stalls still smouldered near the temple and adjoining settlement on a craggy hilltop about 4000 ft high.

Ex. This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.

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(v.) = blow + smoke, fume, steam, smoulder [smolder, -USA], froth at + the mouth

Ex: He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.

Ex: Who has not had occasion to fume at the need to consult a large number of Official journals in order to reconstitute the current text of a particular regulation from all its amendments and corrigenda!.

Ex: Here, the earth still steams with the heat of the lava, and gusts of warm air seem to come from nowhere.

Ex: The remains of the tin-roofed food stalls still smouldered near the temple and adjoining settlement on a craggy hilltop about 4000 ft high.

Ex: This luxurious hotel was not a likely setting for union leaders to froth at the mouth over government cutbacks.