cheirar
Portuguese
/ʃɐj.ˈɾaɾ/, /ʃej.ˈɾa(ʁ)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to smell to perceive a smell with the nose
- to smell of have the smell of
- (transitive) to snort to use cocaine
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cheirar (smell) inherited from Latin flāgrō, frāgrō derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰreh₂gro-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flair English
- flairless English
- flāgrāre Latin
- flāgrō Latin
- fragro Latin
- frāgrō Latin
- flairer French
- *bʰreh₂gro- Proto-Indo-European
- mal Portuguese
- malcheiroso Portuguese
- flayre Middle English
- flair Old French
- flairier Old French
- flairar Catalan, Valencian
- cheirar Galician
- cheirar Old Portuguese
- tchera Kabuverdianu
- txera Kabuverdianu
- txerá Kabuverdianu
- tcera Guinea-Bissau Creole