nose

proboscis.

Informal: beak, snoot.

Slang: nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle, snout.

olfaction, scent, smell.

acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, eye, keenness, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, wit.

scent, smell, sniff, snuff, whiff.

Idiom: catch a whiff of.

poke, pry, snoop.

Idiom: stick one's nose into.

hunt down, run down, trace, track down.

Idiom: run to earth.

1. (Anat) [of person] → nariz f; [of animal] → hocico m
his nose was bleeding → le sangraba la nariz, le salía sangre de la nariz
to have one's nose in a book → estar enfrascado en un libro
get your nose out of that book and come and help me → deja el libro un momento y ven a ayudarme
to hold one's nose (lit) → taparse la nariz
to talk or speak through one's nose → ganguear, hablar con voz gangosa
you wouldn't recognize an opportunity if it bit you on the nose → no reconocerías una buena oportunidad ni aunque te topases con ella de frente
to keep one's nose clean → no meterse en problemas or líos
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face → tirar piedras a su tejado
to get/have one's nose in front → coger/tener la delantera
he gets up my nose → me revienta
to keep one's nose out (of sth) → no entrometerse (en algo)
to lead sb by the nose → tener a algn agarrado por las narices
you shouldn't let them lead you by the nose → no deberías permitirles que te manejen a su antojo
to look down one's nose at sth/sb → despreciar algo/a algn, mirar a algn por encima del hombro
(right) on the nose → en el clavo
that's it! you've hit it on the nose! → ¡eso es! ¡has dado en el clavo!
to pay through the nose (for sth)> → pagar un ojo de la cara (por algo) , pagar un dineral (por algo)
she paid through the nose (for it) → le costó un ojo de la cara, pagó un dineral (por ello)
to make sb pay through the nose → hacer pagar a algn un dineral
to poke or stick one's nose into sth → meter las narices en algo, meterse en algo
who asked you to poke your nose in? → ¿quién te manda meter las narices or meterte en esto?
he's always poking his nose (in) where it's not wanted → siempre está metiendo las narices or metiéndose en lo que no le incumbe
to put sb's nose out of joint → molestar a algn
to see no further than the end of one's nose → no ver más allá de sus narices
to turn up one's nose at sth → hacerle ascos a algo
under sb's nose: it's right under your nose → lo tienes delante de las narices
she did it under his very nose or right under his nose → lo hizo delante de sus narices
see also bloody A1
see also blow ² A2
see also follow A1
see also grindstone , joint B3
see also pick B5
see also plain A1
see also thumb B3

2. (= distance) to win by a nose [horse] → ganar por una nariz (fig) → ganar por los pelos

3. (= front part) [of aeroplane, car] → morro m, parte f delantera ; [of boat] → proa f
the traffic was nose to tail → los coches iban pegados unos a otros

4. (= sense of smell) → olfato m
I have a sensitive nose → tengo un olfato muy fino

5. (= instinct) to have a (good) nose for → tener (buen) olfato para
she has a keen nose for facts → tiene buena intuición para saber lo que ha ocurrido realmente
she's got a (good) nose for a story → tiene (buen) olfato para lo que es noticia

6. [of wine] → aroma m, buqué m

1. (= move) he nosed his car into the garage → metió el coche en el garaje maniobrando con cuidado
a van nosed its way past → una furgoneta pasó despacio

2. (= nuzzle, nudge) the horse nosed my palm → el caballo me olfateó la palma de la mano
the dog managed to nose the door open → el perro consiguió abrir la puerta con el hocico
they just nosed us into second place → por muy poco nos dejaron en segundo lugar

[person] → nez m
to wipe one's nose → se moucher
just follow your nose (= go straight ahead) → continuez tout droit (= follow your instinct) → suivez votre instinct
to be happening under sb's nose → se passer sous le nez de qn
to get up sb's nose (British) → taper sur les nerfs à qn
to keep one's nose clean → se tenir à carreau
to look down one's nose at sb → traiter qn de haut
to look down one's nose at sth → considérer qch avec mépris
to pay through the nose for sth → payer qch la peau des fesses, payer un prix excessif pour qch
to poke one's nose into sth, to stick one's nose into sth → fourrer son nez dans qch
Why did you have to stick your nose in?
BUT Il a fallu que tu te mêles de ce qui ne te regardait pas!.
to turn one's nose up at sth → faire la fine bouche devant qch
to thumb one's nose at sb → faire un pied de nez à qn

[plane] → nez m; [boat, car] → avant m
nose to tail (mainly British) → pare-chocs contre pare-chocs

(fig) → flair m
to have a nose for sth → savoir flairer qch
Reporters need to have a good nose for a story → Les reporters doivent savoir flairer les scoops. nose around

→ Nase f; to hold one’s nose → sich (dat) → die Nase zuhalten ; to speak through one’s nose → durch die Nase sprechen ; the tip of one’s nose → die Nasenspitze ; my nose is bleeding → ich habe Nasenbluten ; follow your nose → immer der Nase nach; she always has her nose in a book → sie hat dauernd den Kopf in einem Buch (vergraben); to do something under somebody’s (very) nose → etw vor jds Augen tun ; it was right under his nose all the time → er hatte es die ganze Zeit direkt vor der Nase ; I just followed my nose → ich bin immer der Nase nach gegangen ; she leads him by the nose → er tanzt ganz nach ihrer Pfeife (inf); don’t let him lead you by the nose → lass dich von ihm nicht unterbuttern!; he can’t see beyond or further than the end of his nose → er kann nicht weiter sehen, als sein eigener Schatten reicht ; to get up somebody’s nose (fig inf) → jdm auf den Geist or auf die Nerven gehen (inf); to poke or stick one’s nose into something (fig) → seine Nase in etw (acc) → stecken ; you keep your nose out of this (inf) → halt du dich da raus (inf); to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face (prov) → sich ins eigene Fleisch schneiden ; to look down one’s nose at somebody/something → auf jdn/etw herabblicken; with one’s nose in the air → mit hocherhobenem Kopf, hochnäsig ; to pay through the nose (inf) → viel blechen (inf), → sich dumm und dämlich zahlen (inf); to win by a nose (horse) → um eine Nasenlänge gewinnen ; to put somebody’s nose out of joint → jdn vor den Kopf stoßen ; his nose is out of joint over this → er fühlt sich dadurch vor den Kopf gestoßen ; to keep one’s nose clean (inf) → sauber bleiben (inf), → eine saubere Weste behalten (inf); to pay on the nose → sofort bezahlen

(= sense of smell) → Nase f; (fig) → Riecher m (inf), → Nase f; to have a nose for something (fig) → eine Nase or einen Riecher (inf) → für etw haben

(of wines) → Blume f

(of plane) → Nase f; (of car) → Schnauze f; (of boat) → Bug m; (of torpedo) → Kopf m; nose to tail (cars) → Stoßstange an Stoßstange

n → Futtersack m

n → Nasenriemen m

n → Nasenbluten nt; to have a nose → Nasenbluten haben

n (Aviat) → Raketenspitze f

n (Aviat) → Sturzflug m; to go into a nose → zum Sturzflug ansetzen ; the car/he took a nose into the sea → das Auto stürzte vornüber/er stürzte kopfüber ins Meer ; the company’s profits took a nose → mit der Firma ging es rapide bergab ; his career took a nose → seine Karriere nahm einen scharfen Knick nach unten ; his reputation took a nose → sein Ruf nahm starken Schaden

vi (plane) → im Sturzflug herabgehen; (fig: career, reputation) → den Bach runtergehen (inf); to nose off something → vornüber von etw stürzen ; (person) → kopfüber von etw stürzen

pl → Nasentropfen pl

n → Nasenflöte f

n → (Biedermeier)sträußchen nt

n (inf) → Nasenkorrektur f; to have a nose → sich einer Nasenkorrektur unterziehen

n → Nasenbohren nt

n (esp Sport) → Nasenpflaster nt

n → Nasenring m

n → Bugrad nt

bridge of the ___ → tabique nasal, puente de la nariz;

running ___ → nariz destilante; coriza.