smelt

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsmɛlt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/smɛlt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(smelt)

Inflections of 'smelt' (n):
smelt
npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Smelt are coldwater fish.")
smelts
npl (Mainly used for talking about different types—e.g. "Smelts are a family of small fish.")
From the verb smell: (⇒ conjugate)
smelt is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
v past (Mainly UK)
v past p (Mainly UK)
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
smelt [sth] vtr (metals: fuse, melt)fundir vtr
 Randall is a metal worker who smelts metals.
 Rendall es un trabajador metalúrgico que funde metales.
smelt n (coldwater fish)eperlano nm
  capellán nm
 Smelt is not a very popular fish to eat.
 El eperlano no es un pescado muy popular.
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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
smell vi (emit an odour) (algo)oler vi
 It smells in their house, but I can't say what the smell is exactly.
 Huele en su casa, pero no sé exactamente a qué.
smell vi (emit a foul odour) (mal)oler vi
  apestar vi
  heder vi
  (coloquial)atufar vi
 Whew! It smells in the bathroom; you should open a window.
 ¡Uf! El baño huele. Deberías abrir una ventana.
smell vi (sense, ability to smell) (sentido del olfato)oler vi
 I can't smell with this cold that I have.
 No puedo oler con el constipado que tengo.
 A causa del resfriado he perdido el olfato.
smell [sth]/[sth] vtr (detect by smell)oler vtr
 She smelled garlic and knew that her friend was cooking.
 Olió el ajo y supo que su amigo estaba cocinando.
smell n (odour, fragrance)olor nm
  (sentido positivo)aroma nm
 The smell of the cooking filled the house.
 El olor de la comida llenaba la casa.
 El aroma de la comida llenaba la casa.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
smell n (foul smell)mal olor adj + nm
 The smell was obvious when we opened the refrigerator.
 El mal olor se notó nada más abrir la nevera.
smell n (sense: ability to detect scents)olfato nm
  sentido del olfato nm + loc adj
 I have a bad cold, and have lost my taste and smell.
 Tengo un catarro muy fuerte, así que he perdido el gusto y el olfato.
 Tengo un constipado muy fuerte, así que he perdido el sentido del gusto y del olfato.
smell vi figurative (resemble in general) (figurado)oler vi
 This situation smells like a trap.
 Esta situación huele a trampa.
smell vi (sniff)husmear vtr
  olfatear vtr
  oler vtr
 He smelled around the room, trying to locate the source of the odour.
 Husmeó la habitación en busca del origen del olor.
smell [sth] vtr figurative (detect in general) (figurado)oler vtr
  (coloquial)olfatear vtr
 He smelled trouble when the others started arguing, so he left the bar.
 Olió problemas cuando los otros empezaron a discutir, así que se fue del bar.
 Olfateó problemas cuando los otros empezaron a discutir, así que se fue del bar.
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Locuciones verbales
smell | smelt
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smell of [sth] vtr phrasal insep (have the scent of)oler a vi + prep
 The perfume, which my friend uses, smells of roses.
 El perfume que usa mi amiga huele a rosas.
smell of [sth] vtr phrasal insep figurative (be suggestive of) (figurado)oler a vi + prep
 Your story about what happened to the cookies smells of deception to me!
 ¡Tu historia de lo que le pasó a las galletitas me huele a mentira!
smell [sth] out vtr phrasal sep (animal: detect by sniffing)olfatear vtr
 Pigs are very good at smelling out truffles.
 Los cerdos son muy buenos olfateando trufas.
smell [sth] out vtr phrasal sep figurative (detect: identify or locate) (figurado)oler vtr
  olfatear vtr
smell [sth] up,
smell up [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
US, informal (make [sth] smell bad)apestar algo vtr
  hacer que algo huela mal, hacer que algo apeste loc verb
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Compound Forms:
smelt | smell
InglésEspañol
sand smelt n (variety of saltwater fish)pejerrey nm
Note: Nombre científico: Atherina presbyter.
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