How is the word puer translated from French to English

English translation
Stink
verb

Dégager une très mauvaise odeur.

To have a very bad smell.

Examples with “puer”

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  • La poubelle pue. — The bin stinks.

  • Ces ordures dégagent une puanteur terrible. — That garbage has a terrible stink.

  • Il y a eu un vrai tollé au sujet de la nouvelle politique. — There was a serious stink about the new policy.

  • Ces vieilles bottes puent la sueur. — Those old boots stink of sweat.

  • La puanteur des œufs pourris est insupportable. — The stink of rotten eggs is unbearable.

  • As-tu entendu le tollé provoqué par les coupes budgétaires ? — Did you hear the stink over the budget cuts?

  • Pourquoi le frigo pue-t-il autant ? — Why does the fridge stink so much?

  • Sens-tu la puanteur qui vient du frigo ? — Can you smell the stink coming from the fridge?

  • Évitons un tollé et discutons-en calmement. — Let’s avoid a stink and discuss it calmly.

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