WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| smear n | (dirty mark) | mancha nf |
| | Sarah said she'd cleaned the windows, but they were covered in smears. |
| | Sarah comentó que había limpiado las ventanas, pero estaban llenas de manchas. |
| smear [sth]⇒ vtr | (smudge) | manchar⇒ vtr |
| | | untar⇒ vtr |
| | | embadurnar⇒ vtr |
| | Don't touch the wet paint or you'll smear it. |
| | No toques la pintura húmeda o te vas a manchar. |
smear [sth] on [sth],
smear [sth] onto [sth],
smear [sth] over [sth] vtr + prep | (apply, layer on [sth]) | untar⇒ vtr |
| | | frotar⇒ vtr |
| | My grandmother used to smear goose fat on my father's chest when he had a cough. |
| | Mi abuela solía untarle a mi padre grasa de ganso en el pecho cuando estaba resfriado. |
| smear [sth] with [sth] vtr + prep | (cover with [sth]) | untar con vtr + prep |
| | Jeremy smeared the cake with whipped cream and decorated it with strawberries. |
| | Jeremy untó la torta con crema batida y la decoró con frutillas. |
| Additional Translations |
| smear n | (laboratory sample) | muestra nf |
| | (técnico) | frotis nm |
| | The lab technician put the smear under the microscope. |
| | El técnico de laboratorio puso la muestra en el microscopio. |
| smear n | figurative (words to harm reputation) | calumnia nf |
| | | difamación nf |
| | The report was clearly intended as a smear to discredit the Prime Minister. |
| | El informe se trataba claramente de una calumnia para desacreditar al primer ministro. |
| smear n | UK, informal (test for cervical cancer) | citología nf |
| | | frotis cervical loc nom f |
| | It's important for women to have regular smears. |
| | Es importante que las mujeres se hagan citologías con cierta frecuencia. |
| smear n as adj | (causing harm to reputation) (figurado) | sucio/a adj |
| | | manchado/a adj |
| | | de desprestigio loc adj |
| | The politician was subjected to a smear attempt by a well-known tabloid newspaper. |
| | El político era blanco de un ataque sucio por parte de un reconocido tabloide. |
| smear⇒ vi | (become smudged) | correrse⇒ v prnl |
| | Ursula tried to apply the nail polish evenly, but it smeared as soon as she put it on. |
| | Ursula intentó pintarse las uñas uniformemente pero, en cuanto se lo puso, se le empezó a correr. |
| smear [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (lie to harm reputation of) | desprestigiar⇒ vtr |
| | (a alguien) | calumniar⇒ vtr |
| | | difamar⇒ vtr |
| | The opposition party was clearly trying to smear the Prime Minister. |
| | Claramente, la oposición intentaba desprestigiar al primer ministro. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
cervical smear,
smear n | UK (medical test: on cervix) | prueba de Papanicolaou grupo nom |
| | | Papanicolaou nm |
| | During a cervical smear test, some cells are scraped from the cervix. |
| | (médico) | frotis cervical loc nom m |
cervical smear,
smear n | UK (sample: cervix cells) | muestra de Pap, muestra de Papanicolaou loc nom f |
| | All the cervical smears from today's clinic will be sent to the laboratory this evening. |
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