words english are missing to describe smelly people (from portuguese)

chulé: stinky feet smell

cècè: general dirt/sweat that piles on you and smells bad
cascão: a comic book character that never bathes but also means v thick layer/peel (fruit/veg)
porco: pig

self explanatory
kind of exists in english but not the same connoctation
mulambento: dirty and unkempt

fun to say :) not fun to hear :(
fubazento: fubá is a yellow powder (semolina?) so basically ashy but not dry skin just dirt

gambá: skunk (v obvious)
anaways that's all i have for now

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