tufo

m.

1 stench, foul smell (informal) (mal olor).

2 vapor.

3 stink, stench, reek.

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tufo

► nombre masculino

1 (mal olor) pong, foul smell, stink

2 (emanación) fume, vapour (US vapor)

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I

SM

1) (=emanación) fumes pl

2) (=hedor) [gen] stink; [de cuarto] fug

- se le subió el tufo a las narices

3) pl tufos * (=vanidad) swank * sing , conceit sing

tener tufos — to be swanky *, be conceited

II

SM (=rizo) curl, sidelock

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masculino

a) (fam) (olor - a sucio, podrido) stink (colloq); (- a cerrado)

aquí dentro hay un tufo horrible — it smells really stuffy in here

llegó con un tufo a vino tremendo — he arrived reeking of wine (colloq)

b) (fam) (gas, humo) fumes (pl)

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= stench, pestilence, whiff, fug.

Ex. The stench was unbearable.

Ex. Much of what lies before our eyes today like a tongue of fire -- animal pestilences and the poisoning of our foodstuffs -- was already announced many years ago.

Ex. Some people are oblivious to the odor in the locker room after a game, while others wrinkle their noses at the slightest whiff of sweat.

Ex. Pork scratchings behind the bar, a well-used dartboard in the corner and a fug of smoke hanging over the tables are all hallmarks of the traditional English pub.

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masculino

a) (fam) (olor - a sucio, podrido) stink (colloq); (- a cerrado)

aquí dentro hay un tufo horrible — it smells really stuffy in here

llegó con un tufo a vino tremendo — he arrived reeking of wine (colloq)

b) (fam) (gas, humo) fumes (pl)

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= stench, pestilence, whiff, fug.

Ex: The stench was unbearable.

Ex: Much of what lies before our eyes today like a tongue of fire -- animal pestilences and the poisoning of our foodstuffs -- was already announced many years ago.

Ex: Some people are oblivious to the odor in the locker room after a game, while others wrinkle their noses at the slightest whiff of sweat.

Ex: Pork scratchings behind the bar, a well-used dartboard in the corner and a fug of smoke hanging over the tables are all hallmarks of the traditional English pub.

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tufo

masculine

1 (fam) (olor — a sucio, podrido) stink (colloq)

(— a cerrado): abre la ventana, en esta habitación hay un tufo horrible open the window, it smells really stuffy in this room

¡qué tufo echan tus zapatos! your shoes really stink o (BrE) pong (colloq)

llegó con un tufo a vino tremendo he arrived reeking of wine (colloq)

2 (fam) (gas, humo) fumes (pl)

el tufillo de corrupción the stink of corruption

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tufo sustantivo masculino (fam) (olor — a sucio, podrido) stink (colloq);
(— a cerrado):

◊ aquí dentro hay un tufo horrible it smells really stuffy in here

tufo sustantivo masculino
1 (de un tubo de escape) fumes pl
(mal olor) stink
2 fam pey sus opiniones tienen un tufo racista, his opinions have a nasty whiff of racism

'tufo' also found in these entries:
English:
reek

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tufo nm

1. Fam [mal olor] stink, stench;

hay un tufo a sudor horrible there's a foul smell of sweat

2. [emanación] fumes

3. Fam [aire sospechoso]

desconfiaba del tufo clerical de sus palabras I distrusted the clerical undertones of his remarks;

una decisión con un cierto tufo electoralista a decision that smacks of electioneering

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tufo nm

1) : fume, vapor

2) fam : stench, stink

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tufo n stink