Significado de smell en inglés
smellsmell1 /smel/ noun 
Ver todas las traducciones1[countable] the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nosecualidad que las personas y los animales reconocen usando la narizsmell of
The air was filled with the smell of flowers.El aire estaba lleno del olor a flores. What’s that horrible smell?¿Qué es ese olor horrible?2[countable] an unpleasant smellun olor desagradable: I think the smell’s getting worse.Creo que el olor está empeorando.3[uncountable] the ability to notice or recognize smellsla capacidad de percibir o reconocer olores: loss of taste and smellpérdida del gusto y el olfato Dogs have a very good sense of smell.Los perros tienen un olfato muy desarrollado.4[countable usually singular] an act of smelling somethingel acto de oler algo: Have a smell of this cheese; does it seem all right?Huele este queso; ¿te parece que está bien?COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESadjectivesadjetivosstrong· There was a strong smell of burning in the air.Había un fuerte olor a quemado en el aire.faint (=not strong)· I noticed a faint smell of perfume.Noté un leve olor a perfume.overpowering (=very strong)· The smell of disinfectant was overpowering.El olor a desinfectante era abrumador.nice/pleasant/lovely· There was a lovely smell of fresh coffee.Había un delicioso olor a café recién hecho.bad/unpleasant/horrible etc· The smell in the shed was awful.El olor en el cobertizo era horrible.a strange/funny/odd smell· What’s that funny smell?¿Qué es ese olor raro?a sweet smell· She liked the sweet smell of hay in the barn.Le gustaba el dulce olor del heno en el granero.a delicious smell (=a pleasant smell of food)· There were delicious smells emanating from the kitchen.De la cocina emanaban olores deliciosos.a sickly smell (=sweet and unpleasant)· the sweet, sickly smell of decaying human fleshel olor dulzón y nauseabundo de la carne humana en descomposicióna pungent smell formalformal (=strong and unpleasant)· A pungent smell of garlic filled the air.Un penetrante olor a ajo llenó el aire.an acrid smell (=strong and bitter)· The acrid smell of smoke clung about the place.El acre olor a humo impregnaba el lugar.a musty/stale/sour smell (=old and not fresh)· The clothes in the wardrobe had a damp musty smell.La ropa del armario tenía un olor húmedo y rancio.verbsverboshave a strong/sweet etc smell· The flowers had a lovely sweet smell.Las flores tenían un dulce y agradable olor.be filled with a smell· The house was filled with the smell of baking bread.La casa estaba llena del olor a pan recién horneado.give off a smell (=produce a smell)· Rubber gives off a strong smell when it is burned.El caucho desprende un fuerte olor cuando se quema.notice/smell a smell (also detect a smell formalformal)· He detected a faint smell of blood.Detectó un leve olor a sangre.a smell comes from somewhere (also a smell emanates from somewhere formalformal)· A delicious smell of baking came from the kitchen.De la cocina llegaba un delicioso olor a horneado.· He was getting complaints about the smell emanating from his shop.Estaba recibiendo quejas por el olor que emanaba de su tienda.a smell wafts somewhere (=moves there through the air)· The smells wafting up the stairs from the kitchen were making her feel hungry.Los olores que subían desde la cocina por las escaleras le estaban dando hambre.COMMON ERRORSERRORES FRECUENTES ► Don’t say ‘feel the smell of something’. Say smell something.THESAURUSSINÓNIMOSsmell something that you can recognize by breathing in through your nosealgo que se puede reconocer al aspirar por la nariz: · the smell from the kitchenel olor proveniente de la cocina· What’s that awful smell?¿Qué es ese olor horrible?· the sweet smell of rosesel dulce olor de las rosaswhiff something that you smell for a short timealgo que se huele por un momento breve: · He caught a whiff of her perfume.Le llegó una bocanada de su perfume.· a whiff of apple blossomun soplo de flor de manzanoscent a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animalolor — usado especialmente para el agradable olor de flores, plantas o frutas; también para el rastro olfativo que deja un animal: · The rose had a beautiful scent.La rosa tenía un aroma hermoso.· Cats use their scent to mark their territory.Los gatos usan su olor para marcar su territorio.· the sharp, dying scent of autumnel olor acre y evanescente del otoño· the heady scent (=strong scent)of magnoliasel embriagador aroma (=aroma fuerte) de las magnoliasfragrance/perfume a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scentolor agradable, especialmente de flores, plantas o frutas. Fragrance y perfume son más formales que scent: · the sweet perfume of the orange blossomsel dulce perfume de las flores de naranjo· Each mango has its own special fragrance.Cada mango tiene su propia fragancia especial.aroma formalformal a pleasant smell from food or coffeeun agradable olor proveniente de la comida o el café: · the aroma of fresh coffeeel aroma del café recién hecho· The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies.La cocina estaba llena del aroma de los pasteles de carne picada.odour British English, odor American English formalformal an unpleasant smellun olor desagradable: · An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins.De los cubos de basura salía un olor desagradable.· the odor of stale tobacco smokeel olor a humo de tabaco ranciopong British English informalinformal an unpleasant smellun olor desagradable: · What’s that horrible pong?¿Qué es ese olor horrible?stink/stench a very strong and unpleasant smellun olor muy fuerte y desagradable: · I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat.No podía deshacerme del hedor a sudor.· The toilet gave off a terrible stench.El baño despedía un olor terrible.
Ver todas las traducciones1[countable] the quality that people and animals recognize by using their nosecualidad que las personas y los animales reconocen usando la narizsmell of The air was filled with the smell of flowers.El aire estaba lleno del olor a flores. What’s that horrible smell?¿Qué es ese olor horrible?2[countable] an unpleasant smellun olor desagradable: I think the smell’s getting worse.Creo que el olor está empeorando.3[uncountable] the ability to notice or recognize smellsla capacidad de percibir o reconocer olores: loss of taste and smellpérdida del gusto y el olfato Dogs have a very good sense of smell.Los perros tienen un olfato muy desarrollado.4[countable usually singular] an act of smelling somethingel acto de oler algo: Have a smell of this cheese; does it seem all right?Huele este queso; ¿te parece que está bien?COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESadjectivesadjetivosstrong· There was a strong smell of burning in the air.Había un fuerte olor a quemado en el aire.faint (=not strong)· I noticed a faint smell of perfume.Noté un leve olor a perfume.overpowering (=very strong)· The smell of disinfectant was overpowering.El olor a desinfectante era abrumador.nice/pleasant/lovely· There was a lovely smell of fresh coffee.Había un delicioso olor a café recién hecho.bad/unpleasant/horrible etc· The smell in the shed was awful.El olor en el cobertizo era horrible.a strange/funny/odd smell· What’s that funny smell?¿Qué es ese olor raro?a sweet smell· She liked the sweet smell of hay in the barn.Le gustaba el dulce olor del heno en el granero.a delicious smell (=a pleasant smell of food)· There were delicious smells emanating from the kitchen.De la cocina emanaban olores deliciosos.a sickly smell (=sweet and unpleasant)· the sweet, sickly smell of decaying human fleshel olor dulzón y nauseabundo de la carne humana en descomposicióna pungent smell formalformal (=strong and unpleasant)· A pungent smell of garlic filled the air.Un penetrante olor a ajo llenó el aire.an acrid smell (=strong and bitter)· The acrid smell of smoke clung about the place.El acre olor a humo impregnaba el lugar.a musty/stale/sour smell (=old and not fresh)· The clothes in the wardrobe had a damp musty smell.La ropa del armario tenía un olor húmedo y rancio.verbsverboshave a strong/sweet etc smell· The flowers had a lovely sweet smell.Las flores tenían un dulce y agradable olor.be filled with a smell· The house was filled with the smell of baking bread.La casa estaba llena del olor a pan recién horneado.give off a smell (=produce a smell)· Rubber gives off a strong smell when it is burned.El caucho desprende un fuerte olor cuando se quema.notice/smell a smell (also detect a smell formalformal)· He detected a faint smell of blood.Detectó un leve olor a sangre.a smell comes from somewhere (also a smell emanates from somewhere formalformal)· A delicious smell of baking came from the kitchen.De la cocina llegaba un delicioso olor a horneado.· He was getting complaints about the smell emanating from his shop.Estaba recibiendo quejas por el olor que emanaba de su tienda.a smell wafts somewhere (=moves there through the air)· The smells wafting up the stairs from the kitchen were making her feel hungry.Los olores que subían desde la cocina por las escaleras le estaban dando hambre.COMMON ERRORSERRORES FRECUENTES ► Don’t say ‘feel the smell of something’. Say smell something.THESAURUSSINÓNIMOSsmell something that you can recognize by breathing in through your nosealgo que se puede reconocer al aspirar por la nariz: · the smell from the kitchenel olor proveniente de la cocina· What’s that awful smell?¿Qué es ese olor horrible?· the sweet smell of rosesel dulce olor de las rosaswhiff something that you smell for a short timealgo que se huele por un momento breve: · He caught a whiff of her perfume.Le llegó una bocanada de su perfume.· a whiff of apple blossomun soplo de flor de manzanoscent a smell – used especially about the pleasant smell from flowers, plants, or fruit. Also used about the smell left by an animalolor — usado especialmente para el agradable olor de flores, plantas o frutas; también para el rastro olfativo que deja un animal: · The rose had a beautiful scent.La rosa tenía un aroma hermoso.· Cats use their scent to mark their territory.Los gatos usan su olor para marcar su territorio.· the sharp, dying scent of autumnel olor acre y evanescente del otoño· the heady scent (=strong scent)of magnoliasel embriagador aroma (=aroma fuerte) de las magnoliasfragrance/perfume a pleasant smell, especially from flowers, plants, or fruit. Fragrance and perfume are more formal than scentolor agradable, especialmente de flores, plantas o frutas. Fragrance y perfume son más formales que scent: · the sweet perfume of the orange blossomsel dulce perfume de las flores de naranjo· Each mango has its own special fragrance.Cada mango tiene su propia fragancia especial.aroma formalformal a pleasant smell from food or coffeeun agradable olor proveniente de la comida o el café: · the aroma of fresh coffeeel aroma del café recién hecho· The kitchen was filled with the aroma of mince pies.La cocina estaba llena del aroma de los pasteles de carne picada.odour British English, odor American English formalformal an unpleasant smellun olor desagradable: · An unpleasant odour was coming from the dustbins.De los cubos de basura salía un olor desagradable.· the odor of stale tobacco smokeel olor a humo de tabaco ranciopong British English informalinformal an unpleasant smellun olor desagradable: · What’s that horrible pong?¿Qué es ese olor horrible?stink/stench a very strong and unpleasant smellun olor muy fuerte y desagradable: · I couldn’t get rid of the stink of sweat.No podía deshacerme del hedor a sudor.· The toilet gave off a terrible stench.El baño despedía un olor terrible.smellsmell2 verb (past tense and past participle smelled especially American English or smelt /smelt/ British English) 1notice a smell [transitive] to notice or recognize a particular smellnotar o reconocer un olor en particularcan smell something I can smell burning.Huelo algo quemado. Can you smell something?¿Hueles algo?2have a smell [linking verb] to have a particular smelltener un olor en particularsmell good/sweet/delicious/fresh etc The stew smelled delicious.El guiso olía delicioso. Mm! Something smells good!¡Mmm! ¡Algo huele bien!smell bad/funny/awful etc The water smells funny.El agua huele raro.smell of/like something My clothes smelt of smoke.Mi ropa olía a humo. It smells like rotten eggs.Huele a huevos podridos.sweet-smelling/foul-smelling etc sweet-smelling flowersflores de dulce fraganciaGRAMMAR: Linking verbsGRAMÁTICA: Verbos copulativosSmell is a linking verb in this meaning. It links the subject of the sentence with an adjective: · The cream smells funny (=it has a strange smell)En este significado, smell es un verbo copulativo. Une el sujeto de la oración con un adjetivo: · The cream smells funny (=tiene un olor raro)3have a bad smell [intransitive] to have an unpleasant smelltener un olor desagradable; oler mal: Your feet smell!¡Tus pies huelen mal! The room smelled to high heaven (=had a very bad smell).La habitación olía terriblemente mal (=tenía un olor muy malo).4put your nose near something [transitive] to put your nose near something in order to discover what kind of smell it hasacercar la nariz a algo para descubrir qué tipo de olor tiene SYN sniff: She bent down and smelt the flowers.Se inclinó y olió las flores.5have ability [intransitive] to have the ability to notice and recognize smellstener la capacidad de percibir y reconocer olores: I’ve got a cold and I can’t smell.Tengo un resfriado y no puedo oler nada.6smell trouble/danger etc to feel that something is going to happen, especially something badpresentir que algo va a ocurrir, especialmente algo malo: Miller had smelled trouble the moment she said who she was.Miller presintió problemas en el momento en que ella dijo quién era.7smell a rat informalinformal to guess that something wrong or dishonest is happeningsospechar que algo incorrecto o deshonesto está ocurriendo8smell wrong/fishy/odd etc informalinformal to seem dishonest or untrueparecer deshonesto o falso: The whole thing is beginning to smell fishy to me.Todo el asunto empieza a parecerme sospechoso. → come up/out smelling of roses at rose1(6)GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveGRAMÁTICA: Uso del progresivo• The verb smell is not usually used in the progressive. You say: · I smell gas.· That smells nice. ✗Don’t say: I am smelling gas. | That is smelling nice.• El verbo smell normalmente no se usa en la forma progresiva. Se dice: · I smell gas. · That smells nice. ✗No se dice: I am smelling gas. | That is smelling nice.• You often say someone can smell something when describing what they smell: · I can smell gas.· I could smell her perfume.• A menudo se dice can smell al describir lo que alguien huele: · I can smell gas. · I could smell her perfume.• The present participle smelling is used to form adjectives such as sweet-smelling and foul-smelling.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS• El participio de presente smelling se usa para formar adjetivos como sweet-smelling y foul-smelling. Guía gramatical ‒ VERBOSCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 2— Significado 2adjectivesadjetivossmell good/nice etc· The food smelled good.La comida olía bien.smell delicious· That soup smells delicious.Esa sopa huele deliciosa.smell fresh· Rub your chopping board with lemon to keep it smelling fresh.Frota la tabla de cortar con limón para mantenerla con olor fresco.smell sweet· A ripe melon will smell sweet.Un melón maduro olerá dulce.smell bad/awful etc· Cigarettes make your clothes smell awful.Los cigarrillos hacen que tu ropa huela mal.smell funny/strange· This place smells funny sometimes.Este lugar a veces huele raro.adverbsadverbiossmell strongly of something· The man smelled strongly of alcohol.El hombre olía fuertemente a alcohol.smell faintly of something· His suit smelled faintly of tobacco.Su traje olía levemente a tabaco.smell something ↔ out phrasal verb1to find something by smellingencontrar algo olfateando SYN sniff out: They use dogs trained to smell out explosives.Utilizan perros entrenados para detectar explosivos por el olfato.2informalinformal to find or recognize something because you have a natural ability to do thisencontrar o reconocer algo gracias a una capacidad natural para ello SYN sniff out: They’ll be able to smell out any corruption.Serán capaces de detectar cualquier corrupción.
1notice a smell [transitive] to notice or recognize a particular smellnotar o reconocer un olor en particularcan smell something I can smell burning.Huelo algo quemado. Can you smell something?¿Hueles algo?2have a smell [linking verb] to have a particular smelltener un olor en particularsmell good/sweet/delicious/fresh etc The stew smelled delicious.El guiso olía delicioso. Mm! Something smells good!¡Mmm! ¡Algo huele bien!smell bad/funny/awful etc The water smells funny.El agua huele raro.smell of/like something My clothes smelt of smoke.Mi ropa olía a humo. It smells like rotten eggs.Huele a huevos podridos.sweet-smelling/foul-smelling etc sweet-smelling flowersflores de dulce fraganciaGRAMMAR: Linking verbsGRAMÁTICA: Verbos copulativosSmell is a linking verb in this meaning. It links the subject of the sentence with an adjective: · The cream smells funny (=it has a strange smell)En este significado, smell es un verbo copulativo. Une el sujeto de la oración con un adjetivo: · The cream smells funny (=tiene un olor raro)3have a bad smell [intransitive] to have an unpleasant smelltener un olor desagradable; oler mal: Your feet smell!¡Tus pies huelen mal! The room smelled to high heaven (=had a very bad smell).La habitación olía terriblemente mal (=tenía un olor muy malo).4put your nose near something [transitive] to put your nose near something in order to discover what kind of smell it hasacercar la nariz a algo para descubrir qué tipo de olor tiene SYN sniff: She bent down and smelt the flowers.Se inclinó y olió las flores.5have ability [intransitive] to have the ability to notice and recognize smellstener la capacidad de percibir y reconocer olores: I’ve got a cold and I can’t smell.Tengo un resfriado y no puedo oler nada.6smell trouble/danger etc to feel that something is going to happen, especially something badpresentir que algo va a ocurrir, especialmente algo malo: Miller had smelled trouble the moment she said who she was.Miller presintió problemas en el momento en que ella dijo quién era.7smell a rat informalinformal to guess that something wrong or dishonest is happeningsospechar que algo incorrecto o deshonesto está ocurriendo8smell wrong/fishy/odd etc informalinformal to seem dishonest or untrueparecer deshonesto o falso: The whole thing is beginning to smell fishy to me.Todo el asunto empieza a parecerme sospechoso. → come up/out smelling of roses at rose1(6)GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveGRAMÁTICA: Uso del progresivo• The verb smell is not usually used in the progressive. You say: · I smell gas.· That smells nice. ✗Don’t say: I am smelling gas. | That is smelling nice.• El verbo smell normalmente no se usa en la forma progresiva. Se dice: · I smell gas. · That smells nice. ✗No se dice: I am smelling gas. | That is smelling nice.• You often say someone can smell something when describing what they smell: · I can smell gas.· I could smell her perfume.• A menudo se dice can smell al describir lo que alguien huele: · I can smell gas. · I could smell her perfume.• The present participle smelling is used to form adjectives such as sweet-smelling and foul-smelling.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS• El participio de presente smelling se usa para formar adjetivos como sweet-smelling y foul-smelling. Guía gramatical ‒ VERBOSCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 2— Significado 2adjectivesadjetivossmell good/nice etc· The food smelled good.La comida olía bien.smell delicious· That soup smells delicious.Esa sopa huele deliciosa.smell fresh· Rub your chopping board with lemon to keep it smelling fresh.Frota la tabla de cortar con limón para mantenerla con olor fresco.smell sweet· A ripe melon will smell sweet.Un melón maduro olerá dulce.smell bad/awful etc· Cigarettes make your clothes smell awful.Los cigarrillos hacen que tu ropa huela mal.smell funny/strange· This place smells funny sometimes.Este lugar a veces huele raro.adverbsadverbiossmell strongly of something· The man smelled strongly of alcohol.El hombre olía fuertemente a alcohol.smell faintly of something· His suit smelled faintly of tobacco.Su traje olía levemente a tabaco.smell something ↔ out phrasal verb1to find something by smellingencontrar algo olfateando SYN sniff out: They use dogs trained to smell out explosives.Utilizan perros entrenados para detectar explosivos por el olfato.2informalinformal to find or recognize something because you have a natural ability to do thisencontrar o reconocer algo gracias a una capacidad natural para ello SYN sniff out: They’ll be able to smell out any corruption.Serán capaces de detectar cualquier corrupción.