putrefacto

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pu.treˈfak.toː/, [pʊt̪rɛˈfäkt̪oː]

(modern Italianate 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

Further reading

“putrefacto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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