rotten

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɒtən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrɑtən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rotn)

Inflections of 'rotten' (adj):
rottener
adj comparative
rottenest
adj superlative
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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
rotten adj (decayed)podrido/a adj
  deteriorado/a adj
 Carol was easily able to break through the rotten front door to get into the abandoned house.
 Carol pudo atravesar fácilmente la puerta podrida del frente para entrar en la casa abandonada.
rotten adj (food)podrido/a adj
  pasado/a adj
  descompuesto/a adj
 Henry threw the rotten apples on the compost heap.
 Henry tiró la manzana podrida en el compost.
rotten adj (person: unpleasant) (moralmente)podrido/a adj
  despreciable adj
  corrupto/a adj
 Stop being rotten! Share your sweets with your little brother.
 ¡Deja de ser tan podrido! Comparte las golosinas con tu hermanito.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
rotten adj informal (unpleasant, unfortunate)horrible adj mf
  asqueroso/a adj
 We've had rotten weather this summer.
 Hemos tenido un clima horrible este verano.
rotten adj informal (bad, poor)horrible adj mf
  malo/a adj
 This carpenter does rotten work.
 Este carpintero hace un trabajo horrible.
rotten adv figurative, informal (a lot)mucho adv
  un montón loc adv
  (MX: clooquial)un chingo loc adv
 Tony fancies Linda rotten; you can tell by the way he acts when he's around her.
 A Tony le gusta mucho Linda, te das cuenta por cómo actúa alrededor de ella.
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
be spoiled rotten,
also UK: be spoilt rotten
v expr
informal, figurative (be given everything one wants)ser malcriado loc verb
 My youngest sister was spoilt rotten as a child.
 Mi hermana pequeña fue malcriada cuando era niña.
feel rotten vi + adj informal (feel unwell)sentirse mal v prnl + prep
 I felt rotten when I got up this morning; I think I might be coming down with flu.
feel rotten vi + adj informal (sorry, distressed)sentirse mal v prnl + adj mf
  sentirse culpable v prnl + adj mf
 Fiona felt rotten about breaking up with Charles, but she just didn't love him anymore.
 Fiona se sentía mal por romper con Charles, pero ya no lo amaba.
rotten apple,
bad apple
n
(decomposing apple)manzana podrida nf + adj
rotten apple,
bad apple
n
figurative, informal (person: dishonest, corrupt)mala gente adj + nf
rotten borough n historical (English borough with few voters) (histórico)burgo podrido loc nom m
rotten luck n informal (misfortune)desgracia nf
 The lack of snow for the Winter Olympics was rotten luck.
 What rotten luck! - she broke her leg just days before her big dance recital.
 La falta de nieve para las Olimpiadas de Invierno fue una desgracia. // ¡Qué desgracia! ¡Se rompió la pierna justo días antes de su gran recital de baile!
rotten to the core adj figurative (person: wicked)podrido hasta la médula loc adj
  malvado/a, perverso/a, infame adj
 He seemed to be a good person, but in reality he was rotten to the core.
 Parecía buena persona pero, en realidad estaba podrido hasta la médula.
rotten to the core adj figurative (system: corrupt) (figurado)corrupto/a adj
 There's no end to nepotism and corruption: the government's rotten to the core.
 El favoritismo y la corrupción no terminan, este gobierno está corrupto.
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Collocations: a rotten [apple, avocado, tomato], rotten [fruit, ingredients, food, vegetables, meat], these [apples] [are, have gone] rotten, more...

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