apodrecer

• podrecer

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

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

apodrecer (first-person singular present apodrezo, first-person singular preterite apodrecín, past participle apodrecido)

1. (transitive) to make to rot

   Synonym: apodrentar

2. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to rot
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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

   Synonym: apodrentar

• podre

• “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.

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

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

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