cheirar

Galician

/t͡ʃejˈɾaɾ/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to smell to perceive a smell with the nose
  • (transitive) to sniff
  • (intransitive) to have a particular smell
  • (intransitive) to stink, to smell
  • (intransitive) to tire, bore, annoy
  • to smell of have the smell of
  • (figurative) to sniff around, snoop

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese cheirar (smell) inherited from Latin flāgrō, frāgrō derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰreh₂gro-

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