hum

hum
1. past tense, past participle - hummed; verb
1) (to make a musical sound with closed lips: He was humming a tune to himself.) tararear, canturrear
2) (to make a similar sound: The bees were humming round the hive.) zumbar
3) (to be active: Things are really humming round here.) estar en actividad, bullir

2. noun
(a humming sound: I could hear the hum of the machines; a hum of conversation.) zumbido
hum vb
1. zumbar
the bees were humming zumbaban las abejas
2. tararear
she hummed as she cleaned tarareaba mientras limpiaba
El pasado y participio pasado de hum se escribe hummed; el gerundio se escribe humming
hum
tr[hʌm]
noun
1 (of bees, engine) zumbido
intransitive verb (pt & pp hummed, ger humming)
1 (bees, engine etc) zumbar
2 (sing) tararear, canturrear
3 (bustling with activity) hervir
transitive verb
1 (tune) tararear, canturrear
intransitive verb
1 familiar (smell) apestar
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to hum and haw vacilar
hum ['hʌm] v, hummed ; humming vi
1) buzz: zumbar
2) : estar muy activo, moverse
to hum with activity: bullir de actividad
hum vt
: tararear (una melodía)
hum n
: zumbido m, murmullo m
hum
n.
• murmullo s.m.
• tarareo s.m.
• zumbido s.m.
v.
• canturrear v.
• tararear v.
• zumbar v.
• zurriar v.

I
1. hʌm
-mm- intransitive verb
1) \<\<machinery/bee/wire\>\> zumbar; \<\<person\>\> tararear (con la boca cerrada)

the place is humming with activity — el sitio bulle de actividad

to hum and ha(w) — (BrE colloq) vacilar

2) (stink) (BrE colloq) oler* mal, apestar (fam), cantar (Esp fam)

2.
vt \<\<tune\>\> tararear (con la boca cerrada)

II
noun (no pl) (of bees, machinery) zumbido m; (of voices, traffic) murmullo m
[hʌm]
1.
N (gen) (Elec) zumbido m ; [of voices] murmullo m
2.
VT [+ tune] canturrear, tararear
3. VI
1) [insect, wire] zumbar; [person] canturrear, tararear una canción
2) (fig) * (=be busy) bullir, hervir

the market place was humming — el mercado era un hervidero (de actividad), el mercado bullía or hervía de actividad

to make things hum — hacer que la cosa marche *

to hum with activity — bullir de actividad

3) * (=smell) oler mal
4)

to hum and haw — vacilar

* * *

I
1. [hʌm]
-mm- intransitive verb
1) \<\<machinery/bee/wire\>\> zumbar; \<\<person\>\> tararear (con la boca cerrada)

the place is humming with activity — el sitio bulle de actividad

to hum and ha(w) — (BrE colloq) vacilar

2) (stink) (BrE colloq) oler* mal, apestar (fam), cantar (Esp fam)

2.
vt \<\<tune\>\> tararear (con la boca cerrada)

II
noun (no pl) (of bees, machinery) zumbido m; (of voices, traffic) murmullo m

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