What does «podredumbre» mean in Spanish?
- Putrefaction, state of a rotting body. Decomposition of organic substances by bacteria and fungi, the result of which includes the production of malodorous amines.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la temperatura ambiental afecta la podredumbre de los alimentos".
"uso un barniz que protege la madera de la podredumbre".
- Rotten thing.
Examples of use in Spanish: "se huele la podredumbre desde lejos".
- Pus, thick, yellowish humor produced in inflamed tissues.
- Corruption, immorality, moral degradation.
Examples of use in Spanish: "el sistema judicial completo vive en la podredumbre".
"la podredumbre moral".
- Various plant diseases due to fungi or bacteria that cause wilting, soft spots and tissue death in leaves, roots, stems or fruits.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la podredumbre gris es un hongo que infecta todas las partes superficiales de la planta".
- Deep and unexpressed feeling; sadness.
- (podredumbre de hospital) A gangrenous complication of a serious nature that may be ulcerative, pulpy or hemorrhagic of wounds or ulcers, very common in the past in hospitals, ambulances, etc. It was due to lack of cleanliness and overcrowding. Also called nosocomial gangrene, hospital disease, putrid or gangrenous ulcer, wound diphtheria, traumatic typhoid.
- (podredumbre noble) A benevolent form of the gray fungus, Botrytis cinerea, which infects wine grapes during ripening, giving the harvest sought-after organoleptic characteristics. This fungus causes dehydration and raisining of the grapes, which increases their concentration of sugars and other beneficial substances. This winemaking technique dates back to the 1500s.