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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesapestoso
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-pe-sto-so
"El pescado está apestoso."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having a strong or unpleasant smell.
"The garbage left out in the sun became very smelly." - 2
Used informally to describe something that is offensive or unpleasant.
"His smelly attitude made it hard for others to work with him."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'smell' combined with the suffix '-y' indicating quality or state. The root 'smell' traces back to Middle English 'smellen', possibly related to Middle Low German or Middle Dutch words meaning to emit an odor or smoke. The superlative form 'smelliest' adds the standard English superlative suffix '-est' of Germanic origin.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Smelly" is said worldwide
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malodorant
Transliteration: mal-o-do-ran
"Le fromage a une odeur malodorante."
stinkend
Transliteration: shtink-end
"Der Müll ist stinkend."
puzzolente
Transliteration: poot-so-len-te
"La spazzatura è puzzolente."
apestoso
Transliteration: a-pe-sto-so
"El pescado está apestoso."
fedorento
Transliteration: fe-do-ren-to
"O lixo está fedorento."
बदबूदार
Transliteration: badboodar
"यह कचरा बदबूदार है।"
臭的
Transliteration: chòu de
"垃圾很臭。"
악취 나는
Transliteration: akchwi naneun
"쓰레기가 악취 나요."
臭い
Transliteration: nikui
"ゴミは臭いです。"
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