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English to Spanish Dictionary

bum Meaning in Spanish (bum significado en español)

vago, mendigo
vago in English:bum
Phonetic:ˈbaɣo
Plural: bums
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de bum en español es vago, mendigo. (Un término informal y a menudo despectivo para una persona sin hogar o un vagabundo que vive)

Definitions of Bum

  1. 1
    noun(informal, derogatory)
    mendigo

    An informal and often derogatory term for a homeless person or a vagrant who lives by begging or scrounging.

    Un término informal y a menudo despectivo para una persona sin hogar o un vagabundo que vive

  2. 2
    noun(informal)

    An informal term for the human buttocks.

  3. 3
    verb(informal)

    To obtain something, typically money or food, by asking for it rather than earning or buying it.

Example Sentences

casual

“He was living like a bum on the streets after losing his job.”

casual

“My bum is sore from sitting all day.”

informal

“Can I bum a cigarette off you?”

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

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Inflected Word Forms

past tensebummed
present participlebumming
nounbummer
pluralbums

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

bum aroundphrasal_verb

To spend time doing nothing in particular, to loaf.

bum steeridiom

Misleading or incorrect advice or information.

on the bumexpression

Homeless or unemployed, living as a vagrant.