smear in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for smear in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.smear [Am smɪr, Brit smɪə] N

1. smear (stain):

smear

mancha f

there was a smear of lipstick on his collar

tenía una mancha or una marca de lápiz labial en el cuello

2. smear (slander, slur):

smear

calumnia f

he was the subject of an attempted smear

intentaron difamarlo or desprestigiarlo

3.1. smear MED (sample):

smear

frotis m

3.2. smear MED:

smear, a. smear test

citología f

smear, a. smear test

frotis m cervical

smear, a. smear test

Papanicolau m LatAm

II.smear [Am smɪr, Brit smɪə] VB trans

1.1. smear (spread, daub):

to smear sth on(to)/over sth paint/grease

embadurnar algo de algo

to smear sth on(to)/over sth butter

untar algo con algo

the child smeared paint all over the mirror

el niño embadurnó todo el espejo de pintura

he smeared the butter thinly on the bread

untó el pan con una capa fina de mantequilla

to smear sth with sth she smeared her face with cream

se embadurnó la cara de or con crema

the walls were smeared with filth

las paredes estaban cubiertas de mugre

her face was smeared with blood

tenía la cara manchada de sangre

her face was smeared with blood

tenía la cara ensangrentada

1.2. smear (smudge):

smear make-up/ink/paint

correr

don't smear my lipstick

¡no me corras el lápiz de labios!

2. smear (slander, libel):

smear

difamar

smear

desprestigiar

III.smear [Am smɪr, Brit smɪə] VB intr

smear paint/ink/lipstick:

smear

correrse

smear campaign N

smear campaign

campaña f difamatoria

smear campaign

campaña f de desprestigio

cervical smear N Brit

cervical smear

citología f

cervical smear

Papanicolau m LatAm

Pap test [Am ˈpæp ˌtɛst, Brit ˈpap ˌtɛst], Pap smear N Am

Pap test

citología f

Pap test

frotis m

Pap test

Papanicolau m LatAm

Translations for smear in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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frotis

smear

frotis cervical

cervical smear

frotis cervical

smear test

campaña denigratoria

smear campaign

Papanicolau

smear test

Papanicolau

Pap smear

citología

smear test

hacerse una citología

to have a smear test

malediciente campaña

smear attr

smear in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for smear in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.smear [smɪəʳ, Am smɪr] VB trans

1. smear (spread):

smear

untar

2. smear (attack):

smear

desprestigiar

to smear sb's good name

manchar el buen nombre de alguien

II.smear [smɪəʳ, Am smɪr] N

1. smear (blotch):

smear

mancha f

2. smear (accusation):

smear

calumnia f

3. smear MED:

smear

frotis m

nasal smear, nose smear N MED

nasal smear

frotis m inv nasal

nasal smear

exudado m nasal

smear tactics N

smear tactics

tácticas f difamatorias pl

smear campaign N

smear campaign

campaña f de desprestigio

smear test N MED

smear test

citología f

nasal [or nose] smear test

frotis m inv nasal

Pap smear N, Pap test N Am, Aus MED

Pap smear

Papanicolau m

Translations for smear in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

frotis

smear

frotis (de exudado) nasal

nasal [or nose] smear

hacer una citología

to have a smear test

embadurnar algo de [o con] algo

to smear sth with sth

untar (el cuerpo)

to smear

untar

to smear

smear Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to smear sb's good name

manchar el buen nombre de alguien

nasal [or nose] smear test

frotis m inv nasal

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The organization also stated that the ad had been targeted by a concerted right-wing smear campaign.

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Some physicians will insist that these patients remain isolated until their sputum is smear-negative, or even culture-negative (which may take many months, or even years).

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A smear should show ciliates if white spot is present.

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The party considered this to be part of a smear campaign.

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Sticky resin produced from a leg gland is smeared on hairs to aid in prey capture.

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The effect takes the bright parts of a rendered image of the scene, and then smears them outward in a number of directions.

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In earlier decades, investigators would dust for fingerprints only to find smears and smudges caused by gloves.

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This time, the king's son breaks the witch's daughter's leg, and has the doorpost smeared with tar, so that her silver circlet is caught.

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Special investigations to detect the presence of candida species include oral swabs, oral rinse or oral smears.

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On some smears the eosinophils may appear normal in appearance, but morphologic abnormalities, such as a lowering of granule numbers and size, can be observed.

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