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oliscar
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Etymology
In some way derived from olor (“smell”, noun).
Pronunciation
Verb
oliscar (first-person singular present olisco, first-person singular preterite olisqué, past participle oliscado)
- (transitive) to sniff at (carefully)
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
- El patizambo revisaba meticulosamente nuestro hatillo, sopesaba los cables, probaba las lámparas con objeto de verificar si estaban quemados los filamentos, oliscaba las canillas y con paciencia desesperante calculaba y descalculaba, hasta terminar por ofrecernos la décima parte de lo que valía lo robado a precio de costo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to sniff out (information)
- (intransitive) to stink, reek, ming, pong
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “oliscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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