podre

See also: podré and podrę

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese podre (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin puter, putrem, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoðɾe̝/

Adjective

podre m or f (plural podres)

1. in state of decay; rotten
   • 1418, Manuel Lucas Álvarez, Pedro Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 148:

     seys teegas de castanas secas et linpas et escolleytas dos cascõõs et do podre

     six measures of dry and clean chesnuts, free of dried ones and of rotten ones

2. overridden by bacteria and other infectious agents; rancid; rotten
3. (figurative, humorous) sick, having a cold

Derived terms

• apodrentar
• podrecer
• podredoiro
• podredume
• podremia
• podrén

Noun

podre m (plural podres)

1. (figurative) arrogance

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “podre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “podre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “podre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “podre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “podre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese podre, from Latin putrem, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.dɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.dɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.dɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.dɾɨ/ [ˈpo.ðɾɨ]

• Hyphenation: po‧dre

Adjective

podre m or f (plural podres, comparable, comparative mais podre, superlative o mais podre or podríssimo)

1. rotten (in a state of decay)
2. rotten, rancid (overridden by bacteria and other infectious agents)
3. (Brazil, informal) bad, horrible

   Que filme podre.

   What a bad movie.

Derived terms

• há algo de podre no reino da Dinamarca
• podre de rico (“filthy rich”)

Noun

podre m (plural podres)

1. (Brazil, informal) an embarrassing or compromising piece of information about someone or something; dirt

   Fiquei sabendo de podres dele.

   I learned some compromising information about him.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin putrem. Compare Spanish pudrir (“to rot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpodɾe/ [ˈpo.ð̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -odɾe
• Syllabification: po‧dre

Noun

podre f (plural podres)

1. rot; rotting

Further reading

• “podre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10