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lodo

mud

noun LOH-doh Rare
Animals & Nature Environment

Origin: From Latin lutum.

Also means

mire

Usage Note

Lodo is the standard word for wet mud or mire. In figurative speech, arrastrar por el lodo means to drag someone's reputation through the mud. The synonym barro is more common in everyday speech for clay or mud used in ceramics; lodo emphasises dirty, thick mud.

Examples

"El coche quedó atascado en el lodo."

Natural Translation

The car got stuck in the mud.

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