Meaning
to smell, sniff
- to perceive the scent of something by sniffing
- to emit a specific smell or scent (usually followed by 'di')
In a sentence
Si è chinata per odorare i fiori freschi.
She leaned down to smell the fresh flowers.
La cucina odora ancora di caffè tostato.
The kitchen still smells of roasted coffee.
Non odori qualcosa di strano nell'aria?
Don't you smell something strange in the air?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| odorare | infinitive |
| odoro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| odori | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| odora | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| odoriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| odorate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| odorano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| odoravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| odoravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| odorava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| odoravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| odoravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| odoravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| odorai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| odorasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| odorò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| odorammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| odoraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| odorarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| odorerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| odorerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| odorerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| odoreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| odorerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| odoreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| odori | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| odori | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| odori | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| odoriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| odoriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| odorino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| odorassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| odorassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| odorasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| odorassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| odoraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| odorassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| odorerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| odoreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| odorerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| odoreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| odorereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| odorerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| odora | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| odoriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| odorate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| odorando | gerund |
| odorato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Transitive when actively smelling something ('odorare un fiore').
- Intransitive when expressing that something smells of a scent ('odorare di pulito').