apodrecer
Portuguese, verb/a.po.dɾeˈse(ʁ)/
apodrecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to rot, to decay, to decompose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar ou tornar-se podre”.
What does apodrecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rot, to decay, to decompose
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar ou tornar-se podre 2. corromper; corromper-se 3. estragar; estragar-se 4. deteriorar; deteriorar-se
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apodrecer
- apodreço first-person present singular
- apodreci first-person preterite singular
- apodrecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- apodreceres infinitive second-person singular
- apodrecermos first-person infinitive plural
- apodrecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- apodrecerem infinitive plural third-person
- apodrecendo gerund
- apodrecidos masculine participle past
- apodrecida feminine participle past
- apodrecidas feminine participle past
- apodreces indicative present second-person
- apodrece indicative present singular
- apodrecemos first-person indicative plural
- apodreceis indicative plural present
- apodrecem indicative plural present
- apodrecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apodrecer?
- Brazil /a.po.dɾeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.po.dɾeˈse(h)]
- /a.po.dɾeˈse(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apodrecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apodrecer in Portuguese?
apodrecer appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).