The Latin word for to smell is
olfacere

Translations for to smell and their definitions

odor
1. n. A smell, perfume, stench.
2. n. (figuratively) Inkling, suggestion.

olfacio
1. v. I smell, scent.
2. v. (transitive, figuratively) I smell, detect, surmise; hear about.

oleo
1. v. I smell; I emit an odor, especially a bad odor.
2. v. I am given away by smell; I smell of.
3. v. I am observed, betrayed.
4. n. dative singular of oleum
5. n. singular ablative of oleum

fragro
1. v. I emit a smell of, I smell of, I am redolent of, I reek of
2. v. I emit smell, either pleasant or unpleasant, of

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