poñer podre

Galician

Alternative forms

• pór podre

Etymology

"To put in a rotten state" / "to make putrid".

Verb

poñer podre (first-person singular present poño podre, first-person singular preterite puxen podre, past participle posto podre)

1. (idiomatic) to speak ill of, to vilify
2. (idiomatic) to roast (to subject to bantering)
3. (idiomatic) to slag off (to talk insultingly to or about someone or something)
4. (idiomatic) to tell off, to rebuke, to scold

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poñer podre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega