cheirar

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)
2. (intransitive) to smell (to have a particular smell)
3. (Brazil,colloquial,intransitive,transitive) to snort (to insufflate cocaine)

Coupé comme

chei‧rar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cheirar (“to smell”), from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flagrāre, by dissimilation from Latin fragrāre.
Cognate to Galician cheirar, Catalan and Occitan flairar, French flairer, and English flair (through Old French flair).