scent

scent
sent
1. verb
1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) oler, olfatear
2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) olerse algo, sospechar
3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) perfumar

2. noun
1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) perfume, aroma
2) (a trail consisting of the smell which has been left and may be followed: The dogs picked up the man's scent and then lost it again.) rastro, pista
3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) perfume
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- put/throw someone off the scent
- put/throw off the scent
scent n
1. olor / fragancia
I could smell the scent of roses percibía el olor a rosas
2. perfume
are you wearing scent? ¿llevas perfume?
scent
tr[sent]
noun
1 (gen) olor nombre masculino; (pleasant smell) aroma nombre masculino, perfume nombre masculino, fragancia
2 (perfume) perfume nombre masculino
3 (track, trail) pista, rastro
transitive verb
1 (animal) olfatear
2 figurative use (suspect) presentir, intuir
3 (perfume) perfumar (with, de)
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be on the scent of somebody/something seguir/estar sobre la pista de alguien/algo
to put/throw somebody off the scent despistar a alguien
scent ['sɛnt] vt
1) smell: oler, olfatear
2) perfume: perfumar
3) sense: sentir, percibir
scent n
1) odor: olor m, aroma m
2) : olfato m
a dog with a keen scent: un perro con un buen olfato
3) perfume: perfume m
scent
n.
• olfato s.m.
• olor s.m.
• perfume s.m.
• pista s.f.
• rastro s.m.
v.
• husmear v.
• oler v.
• olfatear v.
• percibir v.
• perfumar v.
• rastrear v.

I sent
noun
a) c u (fragrance) perfume m, fragancia f, aroma m
b) c u (perfume) (BrE) perfume m
c) (trail) rastro m

to put o throw somebody off the scent — despistar a alguien


II
transitive verb
a) (smell) \<\<animal\>\> olfatear, oler*; \<\<person\>\> oler*
b) (sense) \<\<danger/victory\>\> intuir*, presentir*
c) (perfume) \<\<air/room/skin\>\> perfumar
d) scented past p <writing paper> perfumado; <rose> fragante
[sent]
1. N
1) (=smell) [of flowers, perfume] perfume m , fragancia f ; [of food] aroma m
2) (esp Brit) (=perfume, toilet water) perfume m , fragancia f
3) (Hunting etc) rastro m , pista f

to be on the scent — (also fig) seguir el rastro or la pista

to pick up/lose the scent — (also fig) encontrar/perder el rastro or la pista

to put or throw sb off the scent — (fig) despistar a algn

2. VT
1) (=make sth smell nice) perfumar (with de)
2) (=smell) olfatear; (fig) [+ danger, trouble etc] presentir, sentir

to scent sth out — olfatear or husmear algo

3.
CPD

scent bottle N — (esp Brit) frasco m de perfume

scent spray N — atomizador m (de perfume), pulverizador m (de perfume)

* * *

I [sent]
noun
a) c u (fragrance) perfume m, fragancia f, aroma m
b) c u (perfume) (BrE) perfume m
c) (trail) rastro m

to put o throw somebody off the scent — despistar a alguien


II
transitive verb
a) (smell) \<\<animal\>\> olfatear, oler*; \<\<person\>\> oler*
b) (sense) \<\<danger/victory\>\> intuir*, presentir*
c) (perfume) \<\<air/room/skin\>\> perfumar
d) scented past p <writing paper> perfumado; <rose> fragante

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