putrefacto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʊ.trɛˈfak.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pu.treˈfak.to]
Participle
putrefactō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of putrefactus
Spanish
Etymology
Derived 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
Further reading
- “putrefacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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