Meaning
to stink, smell bad
- to emit a foul or unpleasant odor; to stink
- to seem fishy or suspicious (figurative)
In a sentence
Apri la finestra, questa stanza puzza di fumo.
Open the window, this room stinks of smoke.
Quel formaggio in frigo puzza tantissimo.
That cheese in the fridge really stinks.
Tutta questa faccenda mi puzza di inganno.
This whole business smells suspicious to me.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| puzzare | infinitive |
| puzzo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| puzzi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| puzza | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| puzziamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| puzzate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| puzzano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| puzzavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| puzzavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| puzzava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| puzzavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| puzzavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| puzzavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| puzzai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| puzzasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| puzzò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| puzzammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| puzzaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| puzzarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| puzzerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| puzzerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| puzzerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| puzzeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| puzzerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| puzzeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| puzzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| puzzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| puzzi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| puzziamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| puzziate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| puzzino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| puzzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| puzzassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| puzzasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| puzzassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| puzzaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| puzzassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| puzzerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| puzzeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| puzzerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| puzzeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| puzzereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| puzzerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| puzza | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| puzziamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| puzzate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| puzzando | gerund |
| puzzato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Constructed with 'di' to specify the bad smell, as in 'puzzare di fumo' (to smell of smoke).