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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

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)


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


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


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