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rotten (cruel, mean or immoral) adjective [UK: ˈrɒt.n̩] [US: ˈrɑːt.n̩] | maloadjective putrefactoadjective |
rotten (decayed, gone bad) adjective [UK: ˈrɒt.n̩] [US: ˈrɑːt.n̩] | carcomidoadjective estropeadoadjective podridoadjectiveThe system is rotten. = El sistema está podrido. |
rottenness (the quality of being rotten) noun [UK: ˈrɒtn nəs] [US: ˈrɒtn nəs] | podredumbrenoun |
something is rotten in the state of Denmark (Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right") phrase [UK: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ɪz ˈrɒt.n̩ ɪn ðə steɪt əv ˈden.mɑːk] [US: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ˈɪz ˈrɑːt.n̩ ɪn ðə ˈsteɪt əv ˈden.ˌmɑːrk] | |
spoil someone rotten (to overindulge someone) verb |