Szagol
Szagol
Meaning:
to smell (actively)
Pronunciation:
Memory hook:
SMÉAGOL (aka Gollum from The Lord of the Rings) has a good sense of smell.
Example sentences:
Alulról szagolja az ibolyát.
He smells the violets from below (the ground). (I.e. He / She is dead. – Hungarian saying)
[Below-from smells the violet(acc.).]
Szagold meg a joghurtot, hogy még jó-e.
Smell the yoghurt in order to see if it’s still good.
[Smell-you [“meg” in this case means “quickly”, “for a short time”] the yoghurt(acc.), that still good-is.]
Related terms:
szimatol – to sniff / to snuffle
érez – to smell (passively) (but also: to feel)
illatos / illatozik – good-smelling / to smell good
büdös / bűzlik – smelly / to stink
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