putrefacto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.treˈfak.toː/, [pʊt̪rɛˈfäkt̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.treˈfak.to/, [put̪reˈfäkt̪o]
Participle
putrefactō
- 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)
- rotten, putrid
- (figuratively) rotten
- El sistema de justicia aquí es putrefacto y corrupto.
- The justice system here is rotten and corrupt.
Related terms
- pudrir
- podrido
Further reading
- “putrefacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014