cheiro

See also: cheiro-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cheiro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from cheirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛj.ɾo̝/, /ˈt͡ʃej.ɾo̝/

Noun

cheiro m (plural cheiros)

1. scent, odour, smell

   Synonyms: olor, recendo, ulido

2. flavour
   • c. 1750, anonymous author, Galanteo de mozo e moza:

     De dous anos pra esta parte
     eu non sey, que Deño trago;
     pois non acouxo conmigo,
     tanto enpê, como deytado:
     Nin topo cousa â meu gusto,
     nin cheyro na comida acho;
     mais que sexan sopas de unto
     atafagadas no asado.

     Two years now
     I don't know what's wrong with me;
     I can't find no satisfaction<,br> either lying or standing:
     I don't find things to my liking
     not even flavour in my food;
     even if it is bacon soup
     braised in the pot

3. stench

   Synonyms: cheirume, fedor

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C. S. I. C, page 34:

     Et tã mao era o cheiro dos que morriã que, ante os soterrauã por suas casas os que cõ eles aviã de adubar, et desque falesçeu a custa por que os soterrauã, lançauanos tras los muros.

     And the stench of the dead ones was so bad that (initially the ones who have to deal with them were burying them at their houses) since the very moment that their strength[?] failed, they threw them over the walls

4. olfaction, the sense of smell

   Synonym: olfacto

Derived terms

• cheiracús
• cheirento
• cheirón
• cheirume

Verb

cheiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cheirar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cheiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cheiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cheiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cheiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cheiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe(j).ɾu/ [ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe(j).ɾu/ [ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe(j).ɾo/ [ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: chei‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cheirar.

Noun

cheiro m (plural cheiros)

1. smell (sensation)
2. (physiology) smell (sense of smell)

   Synonym: olfato

Derived terms

• cheiroso
• água-de-cheiro

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: tceru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cheiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cheirar