Phrase guide

blow one's nose

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Across languages

Translations

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِمْتَخَطَ (imtaḵaṭa) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Arabic: مَخَطَ (maḵaṭa) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Arabic: تَمَخَّطَ (tamaḵḵaṭa) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Arabic: ينف (yenéff) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Arabic: نَفّ (naff) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Armenian: քիթը մաքրել (kʻitʻə makʻrel) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Armenian: քիթը սրբել (kʻitʻə srbel) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Armenian: խնչել (xnčʻel) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Azerbaijani: fınxırmaq — to expel mucus from nose
  • Belarusian: смарка́цца (smarkácca) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Belarusian: вы́смаркацца (výsmarkacca) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Belarusian: смаркану́цца (smarkanúcca) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Bulgarian: изсе́квам се (izsékvam se) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Bulgarian: изсе́кна се (izsékna se) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Burmese: ညှစ် (hnyac) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Catalan: mocar-se — to expel mucus from nose
  • Cebuano: sikma — to expel mucus from nose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擤鼻子 (xǐng bízi) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擤鼻涕 (xǐng bítì) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Chuukese: fongoti — to expel mucus from nose
  • Czech: smrkat se — to expel mucus from nose
  • Czech: vysmrkat se — to expel mucus from nose
  • Czech: smrknout — to expel mucus from nose
  • Danish: pudse næse — to expel mucus from nose
  • Danish: snyde næse — to expel mucus from nose
  • Dutch: neus snuiten — to expel mucus from nose
  • Middle Dutch: snuten — to expel mucus from nose
  • Esperanto: nazpurigi — to expel mucus from nose
  • Finnish: niistää nenänsä — to expel mucus from nose
  • Finnish: niistää — to expel mucus from nose
  • French: se moucher — to expel mucus from nose
  • Galician: ruxirse — to expel mucus from nose
  • Galician: asoarse — to expel mucus from nose
  • German: sich schnäuzen — to expel mucus from nose
  • German: sich schnauben — to expel mucus from nose
  • German: rotzen — to expel mucus from nose
  • Greek: φυσάω τη μύτη (fysáo ti mýti) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Hungarian: kifújja az orrát — to expel mucus from nose
  • Icelandic: snýta sér — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ido: mungar — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ilocano: pangres — to expel mucus from nose
  • Indonesian: melesit — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ingrian: furskata — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ingrian: niistää nennää — to expel mucus from nose
  • Irish: do shrón a shéideadh — to expel mucus from nose
  • Italian: soffiarsi il naso — to expel mucus from nose
  • Italian: soffiarsi — to expel mucus from nose
  • Japanese: 鼻を擤む (hana o kamu) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Japanese: 擤む (kamu) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Khinalug: кӏытыр фыр кири (ḳɨtɨr fɨr kiri) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Khmer: ញើស (ñəəh) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Korean: 코를 풀다 (ko-reul pulda) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Lao: ສັ່ງ (sang) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Latin: ēmungō — to expel mucus from nose
  • Luxembourgish: schnäizen — to expel mucus from nose
  • Macedonian: ду́ва нос (dúva nos) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Macedonian: се́кне нос (sékne nos) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Macedonian: и́секне нос (ísekne nos) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Mongolian: нусаа нийх (nusaa niix) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Navajo: ninéʼéshtįł hantłeeh — to expel mucus from nose
  • Navajo: ninéʼéshtįł hanyeeh — to expel mucus from nose
  • Navajo: nichį́į́h niłdééh — to expel mucus from nose
  • Navajo: hįįh diní — to expel mucus from nose
  • Navajo: shxįįh diní — to expel mucus from nose
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snyte — to expel mucus from nose
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snyte seg — to expel mucus from nose
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snyte — to expel mucus from nose
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snyta — to expel mucus from nose
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snyte seg — to expel mucus from nose
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snyta seg — to expel mucus from nose
  • Okinawan: しぴゆん (shipiyun) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Old English: snȳtan — to expel mucus from nose
  • Old Norse: snýta — to expel mucus from nose
  • Old Norse: snýta sér — to expel mucus from nose
  • Pannonian Rusyn: дуц нос (duc nos) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Pannonian Rusyn: видуц нос (viduc nos) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Persian: خلمیدن (xolmidan, xelmidan) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Persian: فین کردن (fin kardan) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Polish: smarkać się — to expel mucus from nose
  • Polish: smarknąć — to expel mucus from nose
  • Polish: wysmarkiwać — to expel mucus from nose
  • Polish: wysmarkać — to expel mucus from nose
  • Polish: wydmuchiwać — to expel mucus from nose
  • Polish: wydmuchać — to expel mucus from nose
  • Polish: wydmuchnąć — to expel mucus from nose
  • Portuguese: assoar o nariz — to expel mucus from nose
  • Portuguese: assoar-se — to expel mucus from nose
  • Romanian: își sufla nasul — to expel mucus from nose
  • Russian: сморка́ть нос (smorkátʹ nos) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Russian: сморка́ться (smorkátʹsja) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Russian: вы́сморкать нос (výsmorkatʹ nos) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Russian: вы́сморкаться (výsmorkatʹsja) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Russian: сморкну́ться (smorknútʹsja) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Serbo-Croatian: усе́кнути се — to expel mucus from nose
  • Serbo-Croatian: uséknuti se — to expel mucus from nose
  • Slovak: smrkať sa — to expel mucus from nose
  • Slovak: vysmrkať sa — to expel mucus from nose
  • Slovak: smrknúť — to expel mucus from nose
  • Slovak: siakať sa — to expel mucus from nose
  • Slovak: vysiakať sa — to expel mucus from nose
  • Slovene: usekniti se — to expel mucus from nose
  • Spanish: sonarse la nariz — to expel mucus from nose
  • Spanish: mocarse — to expel mucus from nose
  • Spanish: soplarse los mocos — to expel mucus from nose
  • Sundanese: singsring — to expel mucus from nose
  • Swedish: snyta sig — to expel mucus from nose
  • Tagalog: singa — to expel mucus from nose
  • Tagalog: suminga — to expel mucus from nose
  • Thai: สั่งน้ํามูก (sàng náam-mûuk) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Turkish: sümkürmek — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ottoman Turkish: سومكورمك (sümkürmek) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ukrainian: сяка́тися (sjakátysja) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ukrainian: сяка́ти (sjakáty) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ukrainian: сякну́тися (sjaknútysja) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ukrainian: шма́ркати (šmárkaty) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ukrainian: шма́ркнути (šmárknuty) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ukrainian: вися́куватися (vysjákuvatysja) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Ukrainian: ви́сякатися (výsjakatysja) — to expel mucus from nose
  • Unami: sanikwe — to expel mucus from nose
  • Veps: pursta — to expel mucus from nose
  • Vietnamese: xì mũi — to expel mucus from nose
  • Vietnamese: hỉ mũi — to expel mucus from nose
  • Zhuang: saengq — to expel mucus from nose