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Meaning of cheirume | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[t͡ʃejˈɾumɪ]

Definitions

  1. reek
    masculine
  2. smell; scent; fragrance
    masculine, rare

Equivalents

English Fragrance Funk Reek Smell

Examples

“po la beira da quel Rio Miño, que pasa por Ourense, non se via outra cousa mais que cavalos mortos, pedazos de sillas, morrions, è hosos, era tal ò cheirume que abia que che bastaba para matar à xsente.”

by the bank of the Minho river, as it passes by Ourense, all you could see were dead horses, pieces of saddles, morions and bones; such was the reek that it was enough to kill people

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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