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)

1. putrefaction

   Synonym: putrefacción

Related terms

• putrefacto

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], 2024 December 10