putrefacto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.treˈfak.toː/, [pʊt̪rɛˈfäkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.treˈfak.to/, [put̪reˈfäkt̪o]

Participle

putrefactō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of putrefactus

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin putrefactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /putɾeˈfaɡto/ [pu.t̪ɾeˈfaɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: pu‧tre‧fac‧to

Adjective

putrefacto (feminine putrefacta, masculine plural putrefactos, feminine plural putrefactas)

1. rotten, putrid
2. (figuratively) rotten

   El sistema de justicia aquí es putrefacto y corrupto.

   The justice system here is rotten and corrupt.

Related terms

• podrido
• pudrir

Further reading

• “putrefacto”, 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