What does podrido in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word podrido in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use podrido in Spanish.

The word podrido in Spanish means rotten, rotten, fed up, sick and tired, loaded with, rot, spoil, spoil, go off, languish, eat away, be sick and tired of. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word podrido

rotten

adjetivo (materia descompuesta)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
El olor a podrido llegaba hasta la ventana de su habitación.
The smell of something rotten reached his bedroom window.

rotten

adjetivo (corrompido)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Muchos opinan que la sociedad está podrida.
Many people think that society is rotten.

fed up, sick and tired

adjetivo (AR, UY: coloquial (harto, hastiado)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
¡Tus tonterías ya me tienen podrida!
I'm fed up (or: sick and tired) of your nonsense.

loaded with

(coloquial (que tiene en abundancia)

Ese viejo estaba podrido de dinero porque le había tocado la lotería en dos ocasiones.
That old guy is loaded with money because he's won the lottery twice.

rot, spoil

verbo transitivo (pudrir: dañado)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La torrencial lluvia ha podrido la cosecha de mango.
The torrential rain has rotted (or: spoiled) the mango crop.

spoil

verbo transitivo (descomponer, estropear) (UK: food)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
El calor pudrió la comida.
The heat spoiled the food.

go off

verbo pronominal (descomponerse, estropearse) (UK: food)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
Las patatas se han podrido porque había mucha humedad.
The potatoes have gone off because of the humidity.

languish

verbo pronominal (persona: encerrarse, aislarse)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Todos en la fiesta y mientras yo pudriéndome en casa.
Everyone is at the party and I'm languishing at home.

eat away

verbo transitivo (corromper, dañar) (figurative)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
La envidia le ha podrido el corazón.
Envy has eaten away at her heart.

be sick and tired of

locución verbal (AR, coloquial (hartarlo, hastiarlo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
La inseguridad la pone podrida, hay robos por todos lados.

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