podredumbre
Spanish
Etymology
From pudrir (“to rot”) + -dumbre, influenced by podrido (“rotten, putrid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /podɾeˈdumbɾe/ [po.ð̞ɾeˈð̞ũm.bɾe]
- Rhymes: -umbɾe
- Syllabification: po‧dre‧dum‧bre
Noun
podredumbre f (plural podredumbres)
- putrefaction
- Synonym: putrefacción
Related terms
Further reading
- “podredumbre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024