Palavra Inglês do Dia

smell

cheirar

Definições

inglês > português

smell

1. cheiro

2. cheirar

inglês > inglês

smell

1. n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

I love the smell of fresh bread.

2. n. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.

3. v. To sense a smell or smells.

I can smell fresh bread.

Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.

4. v. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of".

The roses smell lovely.

Her feet smell of cheese.

The drunkard smelt like a brewery.

5. v. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.

Ew, this stuff smells.

6. v. (intransitive, figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.

A report smells of calumny.

7. v. (obsolete) To exercise sagacity.

8. v. To detect or perceive; often with out.

9. v. (obsolete) To give heed to.

português > inglês

cheirar

1. v. to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)

Eu não consigo cheirar nada. (I can't smell anything.)

2. v. (indtr, a) to smell of (have the smell of)

Esse perfume cheira a chocolate. (That perfume smells like chocolate.)

3. v. (Brazil, colloquial, transitive, intransitive) to snort (to use cocaine)

Pronúncia

Exemplos

I like the smell of tea. The taste, not so much.
    Eu gosto do cheiro do chá; do gosto, não muito.
Are you saying I smell bad?
    Você está querendo dizer que eu cheiro mal?
"My dog doesn't have a nose." "How does he smell?" "Terrible."
    "O meu cachorro não tem nariz." "E como ele cheira?" "Muito mal."
I love the smell of coffee in the morning.
    Adoro o cheiro do café de manhã.
With the eyes, we see; with the ears, we hear; with the skin, we touch; with the nose, we smell; and with the tongue, we taste.
    Vemos com os olhos, ouvimos com os ouvidos, tocamos com a pele, cheiramos com o nariz, degustamos com a língua.

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