rata apestosa
/rata apestosa/from spelling rules
The English phrase "stinky rat" is translated into Spanish as rata apestosa.
This phrase is used to describe a rat that has a strong, unpleasant smell.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of rata (rat) and apestosa (stinky/smelly).
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective apestosa must agree in gender with the feminine noun rata. To make the phrase plural, both the noun and the adjective must take the plural suffix -s.
How do you pronounce it?
/rata apestosa/
Did you know?
- While rata refers to the animal, it is also used as a slang term for a person who is stingy, treacherous or a 'snitch'.
- The Spanish word rata is derived from the Vulgar Latin rattus, which originally came from a Proto-Germanic root.
- The verb apestar, which forms apestosa, can be used metaphorically to describe someone who 'stinks' of a certain trait, such as 'stinking of failure'.
Examples in context
- El sótano está invadido por una rata maloliente.The basement is infested with a stinky rat.
- El olor en esta habitación es como el de una rata pestilente.The smell in this room is like that of a stinky rat.
- ¡Cuidado! Hay una rata hedionda en la basura.Watch out! There's a stinky rat in the trash.
- ¡Qué asco! Esa rata apestosa está corriendo por la cocina.How disgusting! That stinky rat is running around the kitchen.
- Esa rata apestosa corre por la cocina.That stinky rat runs through the kitchen.
- ¡Qué rata apestosa encontré en el jardín!What a stinky rat I found in the garden!
- No quiero acercarme a esa rata apestosa.I don't want to go near that stinky rat.
Example conversation
Lucía and Mateo are looking at a pest in their garage.
- Lucía¿Viste lo que hay en el garaje?Did you see what is in the garage?
- MateoSí, es una rata apestosa.Yes, it is a stinky rat.
- LucíaMateo, ¡ten mucho cuidado!Mateo, be very careful!
- MateoNo te preocupes, Lucía, la voy a atrapar.Don't worry, Lucía, I am going to catch it.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries rata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
