echar humo

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to give off smoke”.

Verb

echar humo (first-person singular present echo humo, first-person singular preterite eché humo, past participle echado humo)

1. (idiomatic) to blow one's top, to fume

Further reading

• “echar humo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10