smell - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

smell	el olor
smell   - bad odour	la peste
smell   - power of perceiving odours	el olfato
smell of gas	olor a gas
musty smell	olor a moho
putrid smell	la pestilencia
putrid smell	la fetidez
putrid smell	el hedor
putrid smell	mal olor
putrid smell	la peste [fig.]
putrid smell	el tufo [coll.]
smell of alcohol on one's breath	aliento a alcohol
smell of alcohol on one's breath	la oriflama
smell of alcohol on one's breath	peste a alcohol
smell of alcohol on one's breath	tufo a alcohol

Verbs

to smell (sth.)  | smelled/smelt, smelled/smeltsmelled/smelt |	oler
to smell so. (or: sth.)  | smelled/smelt, smelled/smeltsmelled/smelt |	olfatear algo (or: a alguien)
to smell musty  | smelled/smelt, smelled/smeltsmelled/smelt |	apestar
to smell musty  | smelled/smelt, smelled/smeltsmelled/smelt |	heder
to smell musty  | smelled/smelt, smelled/smeltsmelled/smelt |	oler mal
to smell musty  | smelled/smelt, smelled/smeltsmelled/smelt |	atufar
to smell of booze [coll.]	apestar a alcohol

Phrases / Collocations

to smell a rat [fig.]	olerse el pastel [coll.] [fig.]
to smell a rat [coll.]	oler el pastel
to smell a rat [fig.]	oler a chamusquina [coll.] [fig.]
to smell a rat [fig.]	olerse la tostada [coll.] [fig.]
to smell of rat	oler mal [fig.]   - cuando algo parece que no va bien
to smell to high heaven	apestar
to smell to high heaven	heder
to smell to high heaven	oler mal
to smell something fishy [fig.]	oler a chamusquina [coll.] [fig.]
to smell to high heaven	oler a perros muertos [coll.]
Money has no smell.	Tener dinero no hace daño [fig.]

Examples

The smell of fresh bread filled the kitchen.	El olor del pan recién horneado llenaba la cocina.
I love to smell the fresh flowers in the garden.	Me encanta oler las flores frescas en el jardín.
I usually go to the bakery in the morning and I love the smell of freshly baked bread.	Suelo ir por las mañana a la panadería y me encanta el olor a pan recién hecho.
We are going to have to remove the carpet from the whole flat, it is very worn and smells bad.	Vamos a tener que quitar la moqueta de todo el piso, está muy gastada y huele mal.

Orthographically similar words

sell, shell, small, smelly, smelt, spell, swell

mella, sello

Related search terms

odour, odor