apodrecer

Galician

Alternative forms

• podrecer

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese podreçer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin putrescere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoðɾeˈθeɾ/, (western) /apoðɾeˈseɾ/

Verb

apodrecer (first-person singular present apodrezo, first-person singular preterite apodrecín, past participle apodrecido)
apodrecer (first-person singular present apodreço, first-person singular preterite apodrecim or apodreci, past participle apodrecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to make to rot

   Synonym: apodrentar

2. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to rot

   Synonym: apodrentar

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 642:

     Este he enguento muy preçado do(s) cõ que ongẽ os corpos onrrados en terra d'Outra mar, per que nõ podrescã nẽnos comja a terra

     this is a very precious ointment for those who anoint the honoured bodies in Outremer, so they don't rot and don't be eaten by the earth

Conjugation

Related terms

• podre

References

• “apodrecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “podre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “apodrecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “apodrecer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “podrecer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- + Old Galician-Portuguese podreçer, from Latin putrēscere.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧po‧dre‧cer

Verb

apodrecer (first-person singular present apodreço, first-person singular preterite apodreci, past participle apodrecido)

1. (intransitive) to rot, to decay, to decompose

Conjugation