cheirar
Portuguese, verb/ʃe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
cheirar is spelled C-H-E-I-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aspirar o cheiro de; farejar; pesquisar; revelar”.
What does cheirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smell (to perceive a smell with the nose)
Eu não consigo cheirar nada.
- 2
to smell (to have a particular smell)
Esse perfume cheira a chocolate.
- 3
informalto snoop, pry (to inquire into something that does not concern one)
O que é que andas para aí a cheirar?
- 4
colloquialto snort (to insufflate cocaine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aspirar o cheiro de; farejar; pesquisar; revelar 2. exercer o sentido do olfacto; inalar cheiro 3. parecer; agradar; impressionar 4. observar, por atenção
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cheirar
- cheiro first-person present singular
- cheirei first-person preterite singular
- cheirado participle past
- cheirares infinitive second-person singular
- cheirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- cheirardes infinitive plural second-person
- cheirarem infinitive plural third-person
- cheirando gerund
- cheirados masculine participle past
- cheirada feminine participle past
- cheiradas feminine participle past
- cheiras indicative present second-person
- cheira indicative present singular
- cheiramos first-person indicative plural
- cheirais indicative plural present
- cheiram indicative plural present
- cheirava first-person imperfect indicative
- cheiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheirar?
- Brazil /ʃe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʃe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- /ʃe(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cheirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cheirar in Portuguese?
cheirar appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).