cheirar

== Galician == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cheirar (“to smell”) (13th, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin flagrāre, by dissimilation from Latin fragrāre. Cognate to Portuguese cheirar, Catalan and Occitan flairar, French flairer, English flair (through Old French flair), and Sicilian ciagurari. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃejˈɾaɾ/ === Verb === cheirar (first-person singular present cheiro, first-person singular preterite cheirei, past participle cheirado) (transitive) to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose) Cheiro a comida? ― Am I smelling food? (transitive) to sniff (intransitive) to smell (to have a particular smell) [with a ‘of/like’] Cheira a comida. ― It smells like food. (intransitive) to stink, to smell 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. (figurative) to sniff around, snoop Que andas a cheirar no meu cuarto? ― What are you doing in my room? ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to have the smell of): ulir, recender (to have a strong bad smell): feder, alcatrear, abafar ==== Derived terms ==== cheira que recende cheiro ==== Related terms ==== cheiracús cheirón cheirume cheirento === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cheirar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cheirar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cheirar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “cheirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cheirar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “cheirar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 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 == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin flagrāre, by dissimilation from Latin fragrāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃej.ˈɾaɾ/ Rhymes: -aɾ === Verb === cheirar (transitive) to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose) (intransitive) to stink, to smell ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Extremaduran: cheral Fala: cheiral, chiral Galician: cheirar Portuguese: cheirar (see there for further descendants) === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "cheirar" == Portuguese == === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: chei‧rar === Verb === cheirar (first-person singular present cheiro, first-person singular preterite cheirei, past participle cheirado) (transitive) to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose) (intransitive) to smell (to have a particular smell) [with a ‘of/like’] (informal) to snoop, pry (to inquire into something that does not concern one) (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) to snort (to insufflate cocaine) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to have the smell of): exalar, odorar (to have a strong bad smell): feder, tresandar (to insufflate cocaine): snifar ==== Derived terms ==== cheirador cheiricar cheiro ==== Related terms ==== fragrância fragrante ==== Descendants ==== Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcera Kabuverdianu: tchera Macanese: cherâ === References === “cheirar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cheirar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 === Further reading === “cheirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026