putrefazer

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pūtrefacere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾe.faˈze(ʁ)/ [pu.tɾe.faˈze(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾe.faˈze(ʁ)/ [pu.tɾe.faˈze(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾe.faˈze(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾe.faˈze(ʁ)/ [pu.tɾe.faˈze(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾe.faˈze(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾɨ.fɐˈzeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾɨ.fɐˈzeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.tɾɨ.fɐˈze.ɾi/

Verb

putrefazer (first-person singular present putrefaço, first-person singular preterite putrefiz, past participle putrefeito)

1. (transitive) to cause to putrefy

   Synonyms: apodrecer, estragar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of putrefazer (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	putrefazer
Personal	putrefazer	putrefazeres	putrefazer	putrefazermos	putrefazerdes	putrefazerem
Gerund
	putrefazendo
Past participle
Masculine	putrefeito			putrefeitos
Feminine	putrefeita			putrefeitas
Indicative
Present	putrefaço	putrefazes	putrefaz	putrefazemos	putrefazeis	putrefazem
Imperfect	putrefazia	putrefazias	putrefazia	putrefazíamos	putrefazíeis	putrefaziam
Preterite	putrefiz	putrefizeste	putrefez	putrefizemos	putrefizestes	putrefizeram
Pluperfect	putrefizera	putrefizeras	putrefizera	putrefizéramos	putrefizéreis	putrefizeram
Future	putrefarei	putrefarás	putrefará	putrefaremos	putrefareis	putrefarão
Conditional	putrefaria	putrefarias	putrefaria	putrefaríamos	putrefaríeis	putrefariam
Subjunctive
Present	putrefaça	putrefaças	putrefaça	putrefaçamos	putrefaçais	putrefaçam
Imperfect	putrefizesse	putrefizesses	putrefizesse	putrefizéssemos	putrefizésseis	putrefizessem
Future	putrefizer	putrefizeres	putrefizer	putrefizermos	putrefizerdes	putrefizerem
Imperative
Affirmative		putrefaz, putrefaze1	putrefaça	putrefaçamos	putrefazei	putrefaçam
Negative (não)		não putrefaças	não putrefaça	não putrefaçamos	não putrefaçais	não putrefaçam

¹Brazil only.

Related terms

• putrefação

Further reading

• “putrefazer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “putrefazer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025