Another word that can be used as both a noun and a verb is the word smell. As a noun, it means “cheiro.” Here is an example:
The flowers gave off a wonderful smell.
As a verb, it can be used in a couple ways that are very similar. First of all, it can mean the actual act of smelling something. Here is an example:
I don’t smell anything, but my nose isn’t as sensitive as yours.
Another very common way that this word is used as a verb is to mean “ter o cheiro de” instead of the actual act of smelling. Here is an example:
It smells like something is burning in the kitchen.
Here, it is easy to assume that the sentence is saying that “it” actually smelled something burning. However, this is not the case. Instead, the sentence carries the meaning that there is the smell of something burning in the kitchen.
Another way that this word is used is to mean “cheirar.” It is similar to when it is used to mean “ter o cheiro de” in the sense that the thing being talked about is not actually doing the smelling. Rather, there is a smell coming from it. Here is an example:
We had not given the dog a bath for two weeks and he was beginning to smell very bad.
Here, the dog is not physically smelling, but there is a smell coming from him that is very bad.
Here is another example of how this word is used:
http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/smell
(see 1st and 2nd sentences in 1st paragraph)
