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blow_one's_nose

blow one's nose

English

Verb

blow one’s nose

To expel mucus or other matter from one’s nasal passages, via one’s nostril, by force of lung power.

See also

pick one's nose
wipe one's nose

Translations

to expel mucus from nose

Arabic: اِمْتَخَطَ ‎(imtaḵaṭa), مَخَطَ ‎(maḵaṭa), تَمَخَّطَ ‎(tamaḵḵaṭa)
Armenian: քիթը մաքրել ‎(kʿitʿə makʿrel), քիթը սրբել ‎(kʿitʿə srbel), (colloquially) խնչել ‎(xnčʿel)
Catalan: mocar-se
Chinese:
Mandarin: 擤鼻子 ‎(xǐng bízi)
Czech: smrkat, vysmrkat se
Dutch: neus snuiten
Finnish: niistää (nenänsä) (fi)
French: se moucher (fr)
German: sich schnäuzen (de), sich schnauben (de), rotzen (de)
Italian: soffiarsi (il naso)
Japanese: 鼻をかむ ‎(はなをかむ, hana o kamu), 擤む ‎(kamu)
Korean: 코를 풀다 ‎(koreul pulda)

Lao:
Latin: emungo
Mongolian: нусаа нийх (mn) ‎(nusaa nijh)
Navajo: ninéʼéshtįł hantłeeh, ninéʼéshtįł hanyeeh, nichį́į́h niłdééh, hįįh diní, shxįįh diní
Polish: smarkać się
Portuguese: assoar o nariz
Russian: сморка́ться (ru) impf ‎(smorkátʹsja), вы́сморкаться (ru) pf ‎(výsmorkatʹsja), сморкну́ться pf ‎(smorknútʹsja) (semelfactive)
Spanish: sonarse (es) (la nariz)
Swedish: snyta sig
Thai:
Ukrainian: сякатися ‎(sjakátysja)
Vietnamese: xì mũi, hỉ mũi