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Pronunciation / Transliteration: apesˈtaɾ
"La basura empieza a apestar."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To have a strong, unpleasant smell.
"The garbage in the sun had stunk for days." - 2
Informal: To be extremely bad, unpleasant, or unfair.
"I think it really stunk that they canceled the trip at the last minute."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English verb 'stincan', meaning 'to emit a smell' (either pleasant or unpleasant), which has Germanic roots shared with Old High German 'stinkan'. Over centuries, the meaning narrowed exclusively to emitting a strong, offensive odor, and later developed metaphorical usages denoting corruption or extremely poor quality.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Stink" is said worldwide
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puer
Transliteration: pɥe
"Ces chaussures puent vraiment."
stinken
Transliteration: ˈʃtɪŋkn̩
"Der Müll fängt an zu stinken."
puzzare
Transliteration: putˈtsare
"Quel formaggio puzza terribilmente."
apestar
Transliteration: apesˈtaɾ
"La basura empieza a apestar."
feder
Transliteration: feˈdeɾ
"O peixe estragado começou a feder."
बदबू मारना
Transliteration: badboo marna
"यह कचरा बहुत बदबू मार रहा है।"
发臭
Transliteration: fā chòu
"垃圾在太阳底下发臭了。"
악취가 나다
Transliteration: akchwiga nada
"하수구에서 악취가 나요."
悪臭を放つ
Transliteration: akshuu o hanatsu
"その生ゴミはひどい悪臭を放っている。"
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