cheiro

👃

Meaning

1. (masculine) smell (sensation)
2. (masculine) smell (sense of smell)

Frequency

Hyphenated as

chei‧ro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃe(j).ɾu/

Etymology

Deverbal from cheirar.

👃

New

cheirar

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

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Sentences

Você não
🚫

precisa sentir o

cheiro
👃

do mundo
🗺️

!

You don't need to smell the world!

Respire profundamente e você sentirá o

cheiro
👃

de gás no ar .

Take a deep breath and you will smell gas in the air.

O

antigo pátio tinha um
1

cheiro
👃

de mofo .

The old courtyard smelled of mold.

Segure o

nariz
👃

para evitar que o

cheiro
👃

desative suas funções motoras .

Hold your nose to prevent the smell from disabling your motor functions.

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