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Present Participle OIR irreg in present

oliendo

Past Participle

olido

Present Indicative

huelo
hueles
huele
olemos
oléis
huelen

Preterite

olí
oliste
olió
olimos
olisteis
olieron

Imperfect

olía
olías
olía
olíamos
olíais
olían

Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:

oler

verbo transitivo

(= percibir por la nariz) to smell
me gusta oler las flores I like smelling the flowers

(informal) (= sospechar) to suspect
ha olido lo que estás tramando he suspects what you're up to; he's smelt a rat (informal)

(informal) (= curiosear) to poke one's nose into (informal)
siempre anda oliendo lo que hacen los demás he's always poking his nose into other people's business (informal)

verbo intransitivo

(= despedir olor) to smell (a of, like)
huele muy bien [comida] it smells very good
[flor, perfume] it smells very nice
huele que apesta it stinks
¡qué mal huelen estos zapatos! these shoes smell awful!
huele a humedad it smells of damp
huele a tabaco it smells of cigarette smoke
aquí huele a quemado there's a smell of burning in here
le huele el aliento his breath smells
te huelen los pies your feet smell
◆MODISMO:huele que alimenta (España) (informal) (= muy bien) it smells heavenly
(= muy mal) it smells foul; it stinks to high heaven (informal)

(indicando desconfianza)
sus excusas me huelen a camelo (informal) his excuses sound a bit fishy to me (informal)
◆MODISMO:oler a chamusquina: todo esto me huele a chamusquina the whole thing sounds fishy to me

olerse (informal) verbo pronominal
(= sospechar) to suspect
nadie se había olido nada nobody had suspected anything
se olía que no iban a venir he had the feeling or suspicion that they weren't going to come

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