olor
Spanish, noun/oˈloɾ/
olor is spelled O-L-O-R (4 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,774th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “smell, scent, odor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de sensaciones captadas por el sentido del olfato, cuando en la nariz entran las emanaciones…”.
What does olor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmell, scent, odor
- 2
masculinewhiff (i.e. hint)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de sensaciones captadas por el sentido del olfato, cuando en la nariz entran las emanaciones transportadas por el aire o por algún líquido. 2. Emanaciones que causan la sensación del olor₁. 3. Fama. 4. Indicio por el cual se conoce una cosa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of olor
- olores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce olor?
- /oˈloɾ/
- [oˈloɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to olor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is olor in Spanish?
olor appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).