scent

olor, aroma

Un olor, sobre todo si resulta agradable.

En inglés sencillo: A smell, especially a pleasant one.

• The flowers have a lovely scent.
• A sweet scent filled the room.
• I recognized the scent of her perfume.

Cómo se usa: scent of something (The scent of coffee drifted through the kitchen.)

Sinónimos: smell, fragrance, aroma

Expresiones frecuentes: sweet scent, scent of flowers, fresh scent

rastro, olor

Olor que deja un animal y que otro puede seguir.

En inglés sencillo: A smell an animal leaves behind that another animal can follow.

• The dog followed the scent.
• Heavy rain washed away the fox’s scent.
• The hounds picked up a scent near the river.

Sinónimos: trail

Expresiones frecuentes: follow a scent, pick up scent, lose the scent

perfume, colonia

Líquido que se aplica al cuerpo para darle un olor agradable.

En inglés sencillo: A liquid you put on your body to make it smell pleasant.

• She wears a light floral scent.
• He gave her a bottle of scent.
• I dabbed a little scent on my wrists.

Sinónimos: perfume, fragrance

Expresiones frecuentes: wear scent, bottle of scent, floral scent

oler, olfatear

Notar o encontrar algo por su olor, especialmente un animal al buscar o cazar.

En inglés sencillo: To notice or find something using the nose, especially when an animal searches or hunts.

• The dog scented a rabbit.
• The deer ran as soon as it scented us.
• Hounds can scent their prey from a considerable distance.

Sinónimos: smell, sniff out

Expresiones frecuentes: scent prey, scent a fox, scent the hunter

perfumar, aromatizar

Dar a algo un olor, normalmente agradable.

En inglés sencillo: To give something a smell, usually a pleasant one.

• Fresh flowers scent the room.
• She scented the bath water with rose oil.
• Warm bread scented the air as we entered the bakery.

Cómo se usa: scent something with something (They scented the soap with lavender oil.)

Sinónimos: perfume

Expresiones frecuentes: scent the air, scent a room, scent something with something

intuir, presentir

Sentir que algo existe o puede ocurrir, aunque no haya pruebas claras.

En inglés sencillo: To feel that something exists or may happen, even without clear evidence.

• She scented danger and left.
• The reporter scented a story behind the sudden resignation.
• Investors scented an opportunity when the new technology appeared.

Sinónimos: sense, suspect, detect

Expresiones frecuentes: scent danger, scent an opportunity, scent trouble, scent a scandal

perfumar

Dar a algo un olor concreto, normalmente agradable.

En inglés sencillo: To give something a particular smell, usually a pleasant one.

• The flowers scent the room.
• She scented the soap with lemon oil.
• Fresh herbs scented the warm evening air.

Cómo se usa: scent something with something (She scented the room with rose oil.)

Sinónimos: perfume

Expresiones frecuentes: scent the air, scent with lavender