olió

Olió is a verb form in Spanish, the third-person singular in the pretérito indefinido (simple past) of the verb oler, which means to smell or to sniff. It denotes a completed past action in which someone or something detected a scent. Olió can refer to a direct act of smelling something (olió la flor) or to a natural sense that a smell was present (la habitación olió a humo).

Origin and related forms: Oler comes from the Latin olēre, meaning to smell. The noun olor (smell, odor) is related and shares the same root. Olió is used with a subject in the past and with various objects or prepositional phrases to specify what was smelled or what it smelled like.

Usage notes: In addition to a direct object, olió is often followed by a preposition a to indicate the source of the smell, as in olió a humo, olió a ajo, or olió a flores. The imperfect form olía describes a habitual or ongoing past smell (como olía la casa cuando llovía). Olió is standard for reported past events and can appear in narrative or descriptive contexts.

Conjugation snapshot: In pretérito indefinido, the forms are: yo olí, tú oliste, él/ella/usted olió, nosotros olimos, vosotros olisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes olieron. The related noun is olor, and the verb is often contrasted with its imperfect counterpart olía for nuances of duration or repetition.