rotten

podrido, echado a perder

Se dice de un alimento que se ha estropeado y ya no debe comerse.

En inglés sencillo: Food that has gone bad and should no longer be eaten.

• This apple is rotten.
• We threw away the rotten vegetables.
• The kitchen smelled of rotten eggs.

Sinónimos: spoiled, bad, decayed

Antónimos: fresh

Expresiones frecuentes: rotten fruit, rotten egg, rotten meat, rotten food

podrido, deteriorado

Deteriorado por el tiempo, el agua o procesos naturales, hasta quedar débil o dañado.

En inglés sencillo: Broken down by age, water, or natural processes, so that it is weak or damaged.

• The fence posts are rotten.
• He replaced the rotten boards in the floor.
• A rotten branch broke off during the storm.

Sinónimos: decayed, rotted

Antónimos: sound

Expresiones frecuentes: rotten wood, rotten floorboards, rotten tree

miserable, ruin

Muy cruel, injusto o deshonesto.

En inglés sencillo: Very unkind, unfair, or dishonest.

• That was a rotten trick.
• She was rotten to everyone who tried to help.
• Only a rotten person would steal from a child.

Cómo se usa: be rotten to someone (He was rotten to his younger brother.)

Sinónimos: mean, cruel, nasty

Antónimos: kind, decent

Expresiones frecuentes: rotten person, rotten to someone, rotten trick

en exceso, muchísimo

En grado extremo, especialmente cuando alguien recibe demasiadas atenciones o caprichos.

En inglés sencillo: To a very great degree, especially when someone is given too much attention or too many treats.

• They spoil their dog rotten.
• We were pampered rotten at the hotel.
• That sudden noise scared me rotten.

Cómo se usa: spoil/pamper someone rotten (Her grandparents spoil her rotten.)

Sinónimos: completely, thoroughly, extremely

Expresiones frecuentes: spoil someone rotten, pamper someone rotten, scare someone rotten