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The Portuguese word for to smell is
cheirar





to smell

Portuguese Definition


smell
     1. (eu) cheiro
     2. cheirar



Translations for smell and their definitions

cheiro
     1. n-m. smell (sensation)
     2. n-m. (physiology) smell (sense of smell)
     3. v. verb form of cheirar


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)


olfato
     1. n-m. olfaction (the sense of smell)


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