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puzza

stench

noun POOT-tsah Rare
Body & Health Senses

Also means

bad smell

Usage Note

Puzza is the noun from puzzare ('to stink'). It is stronger and more colloquial than odore or cattivo odore — use it for genuinely unpleasant smells. The related idiom avere la puzza sotto il naso ('to have the stench under one's nose') means to be snobbish or stuck-up.

Examples

"Che puzza in questa stanza!"

Natural Translation

What a stench in this room!

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