pudrir
pudrir
USAGE NOTE
This word may also be spelled “podrir.”
pudrir(
poo
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dreer
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to decompose)
2. (to annoy) (River Plate)
a. to upset
Me pudre que se aprovechen de tu buen corazón.It upsets me when they take advantage of your good heart.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Sus quejas continuas terminaron pudriendo a su esposa.His wife finally became fed up with his endless complaints.
Sus necedades me pudren.I'm fed up with his stupidity.
3. (colloquial) (figurative) (to cause disinterest) (River Plate)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g. carrot, bean).
a. to bore to death
Esas telenovelas me pudren, son lo más aburrido que hay.These soap operas bore me to death. They're the most boring ones there are.
An interjection is a short utterance that expresses emotion, hesitation, or protest (e.g. Wow!).
4. (to express anger)
a. go to hell
¡No quiero verte mas! ¡Púdrete!I don't want to see you again! Go to hell!
¡Por mi que se pudra!If you ask me, she can go to hell!
pudrirse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
5. (to spoil)
a. to rot
Todas las fresas que compramos se están pudriendo.All the strawberries we bought are rotting.
b. to go bad
Si no te comes los bananos pronto, se van a pudrir.If you don't eat the bananas soon, they are going to go bad.
c. to decay
Cuando encontraron el cadáver, ya estaba pudriéndose.When they found the corpse, it was already rotting.
d. to decompose
Este veneno hace que el cadáver de la rata se seque sin que se pudra.The poison causes the rat's corpse to dry without decomposing.
6. (to waste away)
a. to rot
Deben dejar que se pudra en la cárcel por cometer un crimen tan horrendo.They should let him rot in jail for committing such a horrendous crime.
b. to languish
La pobre anciana se pudrió sola en ese caserón.The poor old lady languished alone in that big house.
7. (to get sick of)
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Dejó a la novia porque se pudrió de sus demandas continuas.He left his girlfriend because he got sick and tired of her constant demands.
Si vienes conmigo a esa reunión, vas a pudrirte.If you come with me to that meeting, you are going to die of boredom.
pudrirtransitive verbpronominal verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (general)
a. to rot
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
2. (descomponerse)
a. to rot
3. (colloquial)
a.
pudrirse en la cárcelto rot in jail
4. (colloquial)
a.
¡ahí te pudras!to hell with you!
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Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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