stink [stɪŋk] stank (past)stunk (participle:past)
noun
stink(
stihngk
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
1. (to smell bad)
2. (colloquial) (to be very bad)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
The pay stinks, but I can't afford to leave this job.Me pagan una miseria, pero no puedo dejar este trabajo.
The whole justice system stinks.Todo el sistema de justicia es un antro de corrupción.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
3. (bad smell)
b. el hedor (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The stink of sweat and dirty socks knocked you back when you went into his room.Había un hedor a sudor y medias sucias que te tumbaba al entrar en su cuarto.
4. (colloquial) (fuss)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el escándalo (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
It caused a stink when it was discovered that the teachers have been fiddling with the results of the tests.Provocó un escándalo cuando se supo que los maestros habían estado falsificando los resultados de las pruebas.
b. el lío (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
If customer service don't sort this out, I'm going to make a real stink about it.Si el departamento de atención al cliente no arregla esto, voy a armar un buen lío.
c. el follón (M) (colloquial) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
The unions will kick up a stink if we change workers' hours.Los sindicatos van a armar un follón si cambiamos el horario de los trabajadores.
stinkNounintransitive verb
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (smell)
a. el peste f, hedor(M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
2. (fig)
a.
kick up a stink (about something)montar un escándalo (por algo)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
3. (general)
a. apestar
4. (fam fig)
a.
this movie stinks!¡esta película no vale un pimiento or
5. (fam fig)
a.
to stink of corruptionapestar a corrupción
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