cheirar.
to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)
Meaning & usage
to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)
Eu não consigo cheirar nada.
to smell (to have a particular smell)
Esse perfume cheira a chocolate.
to snoop, pry (to inquire into something that does not concern one)
O que é que andas para aí a cheirar?
to snort (to insufflate cocaine)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cheirar (“to smell”), from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flagrāre, by dissimilation from Latin fragrāre. Cognate to Galician cheirar, Extremaduran cheral, Catalan and Occitan flairar, Sicilian ciagurari, French flairer, and English flair (through Old French flair).
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