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podrido

Spanish, adjective/poˈdɾido/

podrido is spelled P-O-D-R-I-D-O (7 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,858th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Podrido is a Spanish adjective meaning “rotten, spoiled, addled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pudrir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echado a perder”.

What does podrido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    rotten, spoiled, addled

  2. 2

    rotted, putrid, decayed, putrified

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of pudrir

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Echado a perder. 2. Moralmente corrompido. 3. Maloliente, que despide mal olor.

verb: 1. Participio de podrir. 2. Participio irregular de pudrir.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of podrido

  • podrida feminine
  • podridos masculine plural
  • podridas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce podrido?

  • /poˈdɾido/
  • [poˈð̞ɾi.ð̞o]
  • [poˈð̞ɾið̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to podrido

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is podrido in Spanish?

podrido appears 4.1 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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