Meaning of dofta | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. to smell (usually (of something with) a pleasant scent)
2. to smell (usually something with a pleasant scent)
3. to sprinkle (something over a pastry or the like)

Exempel

“Det doftar nybakt bröd”

There's a scent [it smells nice] of freshly baked bread

“Skogen doftar av vår”

The forest smells of spring

“I Roslagens famn på den blommande ö, där vågorna klucka [old present tense plural, usually kluckar] mot strand, och vassarna vagga [old present tense plural, usually vaggar] och nyslaget hö, det doftar emot mig ibland.”

In Roslagen's embrace on the flowering island, where the waves lap ["cluck" – onomatopoeic] against shore [sic – indefinite], and the reeds sway and of freshly mown hay, it wafts / smells towards me sometimes [sic].

“dofta på rosorna”

smell the roses

“dofta med florsocker”

sprinkle with powdered sugar

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