flairar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flāgrāre, present active infinitive of flāgrō, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-, from *bʰreh₂g- (to smell) + *-ro-. Compare Occitan flairar, French flairer, Portuguese cheirar.

Verb

flairar (first-person singular present flairo, past participle flairat)

  1. (transitive) to smell, to sense the smell of
  2. (intransitive) to smell, to have a particular smell

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to sense smell): olorar
  • (to have smell): fer olor

Derived terms

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