huevos podridos
/webos podɾidos/from spelling rules
The English phrase "rotten eggs" is translated into Spanish as huevos podridos.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of huevos (eggs) and podridos (rotten).
How does it change in a sentence?
Because huevos is a masculine plural noun, the adjective podridos must also be masculine plural to agree in gender and number. For a single rotten egg, the singular form is huevo podrido, where both the noun and the adjective are singular.
Did you know?
- While podrido literally means 'rotten', it is used colloquially in some regions to describe someone who is filthy rich, as in está podrido en dinero.
- The word huevo is frequently used in Spanish idioms to denote courage or audacity, such as tener huevos, which means to have guts.
- In Spain, if you say someone is podrido de risa, you are not saying they are decaying, but rather that they are 'dying of laughter'.
Examples in context
- El azufre huele a huevos podridos.Sulfur smells like rotten eggs.This sentence is useful for describing how sulfur smells using the form huevos podridos.Tatoeba #989350 by hayastan, translation #10140926 by DJ_Saidez
- Para garantizar la calidad y seguridad alimentaria, es esencial revisar y desechar huevos podridos / en mal estado / descompuestos antes de cocinarlos.To ensure food quality and safety, it is essential to check and discard rotten / spoiled / decomposed eggs before cooking them.
- No comas esos huevos, están podres / pasados / echados a perder.Don't eat those eggs, they're rotten / gone-off / spoiled.
- No compres esos huevos podridos.Don't buy those rotten eggs.
- Siento el olor a huevos podridos.I smell the scent of rotten eggs.
Example conversation
Javier and Lucía are checking the groceries in the kitchen.
- Javier¿Qué es este mal olor?What is this bad smell?
- LucíaCreo que hay huevos podridos aquí.I think there are rotten eggs in here.
- Javier¡Qué asco! Hay que tirarlos.How disgusting! We have to throw them away.
- LucíaSí, los sacaré de la nevera.Yes, I will take them out of the fridge.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
