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Huma?

posted 14 years ago by bluemilkbluemilk
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ok so i've watched this film a few times and one line i didn't quite understand is when huma says she started smoking because she wanted to be like bette davis, by 18 she was smoking like a chimney so she called herself huma.
understanding spanish is not my strong point, is there something in the translation i'm not getting. what does huma mean?

[–] likearollingstone61 14 years ago

huma sounds like fuma which is smoke in spanish

[–] bluemilkbluemilk 14 years ago

of course! thanks, i was never too sure.

[–] InSky 14 years ago

Also, "Humo" means smoke ('Fumar' would be the action of smoking), so she changed the last vocal for an "a", so it would be/sound as a woman's name (I mean, Ricardo is a man's name, Ricarda a woman's).

I don't know if I make any sense, haha.
Sorry for my english.