cheirume
Galician
    
    Alternative forms
    
- cheirumio
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃejˈɾumɪ]
Noun
    
cheirume m (plural cheirumes)
- reek
-  1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:- po la beira da quel Rio Miño, que pasa por Ourense, non se via outra cousa mais que cavalos mortos, pedazos de sillas, morrions, è hosos, era tal ò cheirume que abia que che bastaba para matar à xsente.- by the bank of the Minho river, as it passes by Ourense, all you could see were dead horses, pieces of saddles, morions and bones; such was the reek that it was enough to kill people
 
 
 
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- (rare) smell; scent; fragrance
References
    
- “cheirume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cheirume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cheirume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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