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smirch in Spanish

smirch in Spanish is ensuciar — smirch means a mark of dirt, or a stain.

smirch in Spanish

ensuciar
verb
(transitive, archaic) To dirty; to make dirty.

What does "smirch" mean?

  1. noun A mark of dirt, or a stain.
    "Too often, in the years between 800 and 1050, the everyday sun declined through the smirch of flame and smoke of a monastery or town robbed and burnt."
  2. noun Something that damages a person's good name.
    "there were some business transactions which savored of dangerous speculation, if not dishonesty; and around it all lay the smirch of the Freedmen's Bank."
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smirch in a sentence

  • Too often, in the years between 800 and 1050, the everyday sun declined through the smirch of flame and smoke of a monastery or town robbed and burnt.
  • there were some business transactions which savored of dangerous speculation, if not dishonesty; and around it all lay the smirch of the Freedmen's Bank.

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What is "smirch" in Spanish?
"smirch" in Spanish is ensuciar. smirch means: A mark of dirt, or a stain.
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