Kilo Lingo

/poˈðɾiðo/

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Translation

rotten

Word origin

Past participle of pudrir ('to rot'), from Latin putrere ('to be rotten'), from puter ('rotten, decaying').

Origin
Latin
Root
putrere
English cognates
putrid, putrefy

Grammar

Femininepodrida
Masc pluralpodridos
Fem pluralpodridas

Examples

.

The fruit was rotten inside the box.

, .

Throw that apple away, it is rotten.

llenaba .

A smell of rotten egg filled the kitchen.

tablas humedad.

The floorboards were rotten from the damp.

raíz.

The system is rotten to the core.

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This word is part of lesson 67.