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arruinar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bane noun A person or thing that causes constant trouble or ruin.
  • botch verb To do something badly or carelessly, ruining the result.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • ravage verb To cause severe damage or destruction to something.
  • ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
  • soil noun The loose top layer of earth in which plants grow, made up of minerals, organic matter, and nutrients.
  • spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

arruinar is used for these senses in English:

  • bane (figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).
  • botch (transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
  • destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
  • ravage (intransitive) To wreak destruction.
  • ruin To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
  • soil To make invalid, to ruin.
  • spoil (transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. [from 16th c.]
  • spoil (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]

botch — full definition

  1. verb To do something badly or carelessly, ruining the result.
  2. noun A poorly done piece of work; a mess.

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