Where English language only has general terms like smelly, stinky, foul, fetid, funky, reeking, fishy or funny for unwanted smells, the Pangasinan language has specific terms for smell or angob that do not exist in the language, and even in Tagalog. Pangasinenses, it seems, have clinically precise terms for certain odors, particularly icky odors.
The squeamish should be forewarned that many terms are vulgar or at least colloquial in usage.
Pangasinan - Tagalog - English
abaliw - amoy binuro - smells fermented
abureg
ambaleng - mapanghi - smells like pee?
ambaling - amoy lumang o sirang camote - has the smell of a near-rotting camote root crop/tuber
ambalingit - mabango - good-smelling or fragrant (in general); ambalbalingit means very fragrant
ambanget - mabaho - foul-smelling (in general)
ampasaseng - maampap + anakseng; a sourish kind of stink
anakseng, aksengan - maasim - acidic?
apanges - amoy na malapit nang mapanis yung karne; amoy hampok; the smell of a slightly rancid meat
banglesan - amoy-panis - smells like spoiled food
maablir - a word specifically used for bangus that is not raised in Bonuan because it has the undesirable odor of burak or polluted water (water that has undergone eutrophication)
maaktot - mabantot? - smells like laundry that wasn't dried properly under the sun
maali - smells moldy as in rancid oil or moldy bread
maampap - ? - refers to foul-smelling because unwashed female genitals
maanag - amoy-ta* - smells like sh*t
maangdod
maanggo - ? - smells like goat meat; gamey
maanglem - smells like cloth, etc. burning; syn. :maka-ka-gas - smells like gasoline
maanglit - amoy anghit - smells like a foul-smelling armpit
maanglo
maangob - a general usage word: has a strong smell whether pleasant or not
maangsit - ? - smells sour like vinegar in an annoying way, like burning electric cables
maanteng - maanglit
maantol - ? - refers to foul-smelling because unwashed male genitals
maaptot
maasyot, maasyut - ? - refers to food that is not grilled or cooked properly, with the result of the food smelling like firewood smoke in an undesirable way
maasngal? - refers to the overpoweringly acrid? taste and smell, as in the case of a dish with too much carrots, bell pepper, or some other such vegetable
mabayani - ? - used to refer to anything with intense smell even though it is not on the stinky side, be it perfume, liquor, tobacco, urine or some other odorous thing
makapaelew - nakakahilo
makapureg - nakaka-clog ng nose
malangsi - malansa - fishy
manasengseng
mansamyong
masangsang
unaalingasaw - umaalingasaw - reeking
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