cheirar
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cheirar (“to smell”) (13th, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin flāgrāre, present active infinitive of flāgrō, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-, from *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”) + *-ro-.
Cognate to Catalan flairar, English flair (through Old French flair), French flairer, Portuguese cheirar and Occitan flairar.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)
- Cheiro a comida? ― Am I smelling food?
- (transitive) to sniff
- (intransitive) to stink
- Cheiras. ― You stink.
- (intransitive, figurative) to tire, bore, annoy
- As visitas e o pescado, ós dous días cheiran. (proverb) ― Visitors and fish, both "stink" the second day.
- Template:indtr to smell of (have the smell of)
- Cheira a comida. ― It smells like food.
- (figurative) to sniff around, snoop
- Que andas a cheirar no meu cuarto? ― What are you doing in my room?
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References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cheir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cheirar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cheirar (“to smell”), from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flāgrāre, present active infinitive of flāgrō, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-, from *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”) + *-ro-.
Cognate to Catalan flairar, English flair (through Old French flair), French flairer, Galician cheirar and Occitan flairar.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: chei‧rar
Verb
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- (transitive) to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)
- Eu não consigo cheirar nada.
- I can't smell anything.
- Template:indtr to smell of (have the smell of)
- Esse perfume cheira a chocolate.
- That perfume smells like chocolate.
- (transitive, intransitive) to snort (to use cocaine)
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See also
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Galician terms inherited from Late Latin
- Galician terms derived from Late Latin
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician transitive verbs
- Galician terms with usage examples
- Galician intransitive verbs
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese transitive verbs
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese intransitive verbs