Translation
to rot, to decay
Word origin
From Latin putrere ('to be rotten'), on the root of putere ('to stink'). The smell came first in Latin and the decay was named after it.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- putrere
- English cognates
- putrid, putrefy, pus
Examples
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The apples rotted in the basket.
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Do not eat that fruit, it is rotting.
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The wood rotted in the rain.
is what the fruit does by itself, so it takes no object. If you want to say that damp ruined the timber, you need the causative: is . The adjective putra describes the state, and putro names the process, all from the one root, which is the usual Esperanto economy.
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