What is 'sporco' called in English?

'sporco' in English is called "Smeared". Smeared refers to: Coperto o macchiato da una sostanza sporca, oleosa o appiccicosa.

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English: "His face was smeared with mud after falling." | Italian: "Il suo viso era sporco di fango dopo essere caduto."

adjective · verb

English to Italian Dictionary

adjectivesporco

verbsporcare, diffamare

sporco in English:smeared

Phonetic:spòrco

Gender:Maschile

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Il significato di smeared in italiano è sporco, sporcare, diffamare. (Coperto o macchiato da una sostanza sporca, oleosa o appiccicosa.)

1
adjective
sporco
Something that is smeared is covered or marked with a dirty, oily, or sticky substance.
Coperto o macchiato da una sostanza sporca, oleosa o appiccicosa.
2
verb
sporcare
To have spread a soft, greasy, or sticky substance over a surface, often messily.
Aver spalmato una sostanza morbida, untuosa o appiccicosa su una superficie, spesso in modo disordinato.
3
verb
diffamare
To have damaged someone's reputation by making false or malicious accusations.
Aver danneggiato la reputazione di qualcuno facendo accuse false o malevole.

casual

“His face was smeared with mud after falling.”

Il suo viso era sporco di fango dopo essere caduto.

formal

“The politician felt his reputation was smeared by the false accusations.”

Il politico sentì che la sua reputazione era stata diffamata dalle false accuse.

casual

“The window was smeared with fingerprints.”

Il vetro era sporco di impronte digitali.

In English:

stained soileddaubedsmudged

In English:

infinitivesmear

third person singularsmears

present participlesmearing

nounsmear

pluralsmears

smear campaigncollocation

A campaign to damage the reputation of someone, often a political opponent, by making false or malicious accusations.

smear testcollocation

A medical test, especially a cervical smear test, to detect abnormal cells.