Definition
To soil or stain with smut or soot; to blacken or dirty with fine dark powder.
Etymology
A variant of 'besmut' formed by adding a '-ch' ending, possibly influenced by words like 'smutch.' This variant was less common but appeared in dialect writing and regional speech.
Kelly Says
The '-ch' ending gives this word extra texture—it sounds more forceful than 'besmut,' and writers used it when they wanted to emphasize how thoroughly something got dirtied, especially in descriptions of working-class struggle.
Translations
BNবাংলা
চিহ্নিত করা
chih-n-it kor-a
CACatalà
escombraries
es-kom-bra-ree-es
CSČeština
špinit
sh-pinit
DEDeutsch
verschmutzen
fersch-moot-zen
ESEspañol
manchar
man-char
FISuomi
tahrittaa
tah-ri-taa
FRFrançais
tacher
ta-sh-er
HIहिन्दी
दाग लगाना
daag la-ga-na
HUMagyar
foltozni
fol-to-zni
IDBahasa Indonesia
menodai
me-no-dai
ITItaliano
macchiare
mak-kee-are
KO한국어
더럽히다
deo-reop-hi-da
MSBahasa Melayu
bercak
ber-chak
NLNederlands
vlekken
vlek-ken
PLPolski
plamić
plah-mitch
PTPortuguês
manchar
man-char
RUРусский
замарать
za-ma-rat
SVSvenska
fläckiga
fla-kkee-ga
SWKiswahili
machafua
ma-cha-fua
TRTürkçe
lekelemek
leh-keh-le-mek
UKУкраїнська
забруднювати
za-broo-d-nyu-vaty
VITiếng Việt
vấy bẩn
vay ban
ZUZU
izinyembe
i-zi-n-yem-be