He has no sight, no hearing, no touch, no smell, no taste - nothingThey all have an excellent sense of smell.people who lose their sense of smellyou would have to be blind and have no sense of smell not to know what was going on
to have a keen sense of smelltener buen olfato;tener un buen sentido del olfato
2(odour)olor (m)
it has a nice smelltiene un olor agradable;huele bien;there's a smell of gas/of burninghuele a gas/a quemado;there was an unpleasant smellhabía un olor desagradable;it eliminates cooking smellselimina los olores de la cocina;the sweet smell of successla seducción del éxito
the sweet smell of new mown grassthere's a smell of burning
3(sniff)
let's have a smelldéjame olerlo;déjame que lo huela;here, have a smellhuele esto
verbo transitivo
1(perceive odour)oler
I can smell gas/burninghuele a gas/a quemado;hay olor a gas/a quemado;I could smell cigarettes on his breathel aliento le olía a tabaco;dogs can smell fearlos perros pueden olfatear or oler el miedo
Sharks can smell blood in the water at a distance of many milesPeggy suddenly smelt burning, and saw smoke rising from the cockpit floorI could smell a delicious cooking smell
2(sniff)[+person]oler;[+animal]olfatear;oler
Just smell that air!She picked up the soap and smelled it.
3
he smelled troublese olió problemas;to smell dangerolfatear el peligro;the press smelled a good story herela prensa se olió que aquí había noticia
the opposition had smelt a government cover-upHe may have smelled trouble and be wanting to keep out of itI don't think we're going to see another stock market crash because we've been through it recently, we can smell the signsI can smell a lie at a hundred pacesto smell a [rat]
it smells goodhuele bien;that flower doesn't smellesa flor no tiene olor;it smells damp in hereaquí huele a humedad
to smell [fishy]
to smell like stholer a algo;what does it smell like?¿a qué huele?;to smell of stholer a algo;it smells of garlichuele a ajo;it's beginning to smell of a cover-upestá empezando a oler a encubrimiento
Such an action would have smelt, to her, of defeat.my fingers smell of garlic
if food smells off, throw it awaysi la comida huele mal or a pasada, tírela
2(smell bad)oler
that man smellsese hombre huele;your feet smellte huelen los pies;her breath smellsle huele el aliento
I'm sure I must smell. I haven't had a wash in five days
3(have sense of smell)
since the operation she can't smelldesde que se operó ha perdido el sentido del olfato
4(sniff)[+person]olisquear
he went along the row of bottles, smelling (at each one) as he went
[+animal]olfatear
the dog smelled at my shoesel perro olfateó mis zapatos
