faronejar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Verb

faronejar

  1. to sniff
    • c. 1270, King Afonso X the Wise, O que foi passar a serra:
      O que foi passar a serra
      e non quis servir a terra
      é ora, entrant’a guerra,
      que faroneja?
      Pois el agora tan muito erra,
      maldito seja!
      The one who would cross over the mountains
      and didn't want to serve the land,
      now when he's coming to the war,
      what is he sniffing?
      Well, he's so wrong now,
      damn him!

Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Portuguese: farejar

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