La Palabra del Día; el hedor
{el hedor}stench, stink
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¡Qué hedor! !Limpia la caja del gato!
What a stench! Clean the cat box!
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El hedor es insoportable.
The stench is unbearable.
One for Ray:
No me molestan los marcianos, pero esos extraterrestres de urano despiden un hedor horrible.
I don't mind Martians but those aliens from Uranus stink.
La palabra "hedor" viene del latín "foetor". Muchas palabras que en latín tenían la letra efe cambiaron a hache, como farina -> harina. El término latino viene del verbo "foetere" (apestar), que en español moderno es "heder". También viene de ese verbo la palabra "fétido", que no cambió a hache, y "fetid" y "fetor" en inglés.
The word "hedor" comes from Latin "foetor". Many words that in Latin had the letter f changed to h, like farina -> harina. The Latin term comes from the verb "foetere (to stink), which in modern Spanish is "heder". Also from that verb, we have the word "fétido", which didn't change to h, and "fetid" and "fetor" in English.
Writer who speaks, fill the place with a stench.
( Escritor que habla, llena el lugar de hedor. )
.. no one is perfect, correct as you please! 
Como vivo en una zona bastante rural, a menudo llega hasta aqui el hedor de alguna fosa séptica cuando una residencia no tiene sistema de desagüe a la red principal.
As I live in quite a rural area, one can often smell the stench of a septic tank when a residence doesn't have mains drainage.
I may have bitten off rather more than I can chew with this one. ^.^
El hedor puede provenir de lugares inesperados!
Stink can come from unexpected places!
Amor tiene hedor.
Love stinks.
El hedor de la cerveza es peor que el del vino.
The stench of beer is worse than wine. 
Mothballs have a stench.
La naftalina desprende un hedor.
El hedor de la quema de hojas pue puede causar ataques de asma.
The stench of burning leaves can cause asthma attacks.
When people come to Dodge they say, "What is that stink?" We answer, "Cows!"
Cuándo la gente ser a Dodge elle preguntar, "¿Qué es eso el hedor?" Respondemos, "¡Vacas!"
¡Fuchi! ¡Qué hedor más asqueroso!
Peeyoo! What a disgusting stench!
No comáis alimentos que desprenden hedor.
Don't eat food that has a stench.
De niña vivía muy cerca de una vaquería y en el calor del verano el hedor era muy fuerte.
As a girl I lived very close to a dairy farm, and in the heat of the summer the smell was very strong.
En la película Laberinto, hay un pantano del hedor eterno.
In the movie Labyrinth, there's a bog of eternal stench.
[Edited: Decided haber was better than tener.]
