What does huma in Spanish mean?

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

The word huma in Spanish means smoke, steam, non-smoking area, smoke bomb, smoke grenade, column of smoke, smoke screen, smoke screen, smoke detector, flying, fume, make yourself scarce, white smoke, dark smoke, disappear into thin air, vanish into thin air, be quick to pick a fight, lose your temper, clear off, dash off, not be white smoke, not be white smoke, smokescreen, smoke signals, jump up on. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word huma

smoke

nombre masculino (producto de combustión)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El humo y las llamas envolvían la casa, el incendio estaba fuera de control.
Smoke and flames engulfed the house. The fire was out of control.

steam

nombre masculino (vapor de agua)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
De las columnas de la planta nuclear brotaba humo formado por vapor de agua.
Steam formed by water vapour was coming out of the chimneys of the nuclear plant.

non-smoking area

nombre masculino (prohibición de fumar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los aeropuertos suelen ser ambientes libres de humo.

smoke bomb

locución nominal masculina (granada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La policía los dispersó con botes de humo tóxico.

smoke grenade

locución nominal masculina (arma antidisturbios)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lanzaron botes de humo para desalojar el local.

column of smoke

locución nominal femenina (gas, vapor: forma vertical)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se veía una columna de humo procedente de las fábricas portuarias.

smoke screen

locución nominal femenina (figurado (maniobra de ocultación)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La contienda electoral es una cortina de humo para distraer la atención de la crisis económica.
The electoral campaign is a smoke screen to divert attention from the economic crisis.

smoke screen

locución nominal femenina (técnica militar)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El soldado arrojó una granada para crear una cortina de humo y poder avanzar sin ser visto.
The solider threw a grenade as a smoke screen in order to advance without being seen.

smoke detector

locución nominal masculina (sensor de humos)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Por seguridad, todas las viviendas deben contar con detectores de humo.
For safety reasons, all homes must be fitted with a smoke detector.

flying

(muy rápido)

fume

locución verbal (figurado (estar enfadado)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
María echaba humo cuando se enteró.
Maria was fuming mad when she found out.

make yourself scarce

locución verbal (CR, coloquial (irse de un sitio)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Estaba aburrido y se hizo un chorro de humo.

white smoke

(en un cónclave)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No hemos visto el humo blanco.

dark smoke

nombre masculino (en un cónclave)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El humo negro aplaza el cónclave para el otro día.

disappear into thin air, vanish into thin air

locución verbal (AR (para robar) ([sth])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

be quick to pick a fight

locución verbal (AR (para pelear) (with [sb])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

lose your temper

locución verbal (AR (para obtener algo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

clear off, dash off

locución verbal (AR (para comer)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")

not be white smoke

locución verbal (en un cónclave)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Esperaron todo el día, pero no hubo humo blanco en la Capilla Sixtina.

not be white smoke

locución verbal (en una elección)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
No se han decidido; aún no hay humo blanco.

smokescreen

nombre femenino (maniobra de distracción)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Este informe de la empresa no es más que una pantalla de humo para despistar a la auditoría.

smoke signals

(comunicación con humo)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Las tribus se comunicaban con señales de humo.
Tribes used to communicate using smoke signals.

jump up on

locución verbal (AR, UY, PA, coloquial (dirigirse rápidamente) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Dos tipos se me vinieron al humo y me asaltaron.

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