избалова́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• pamper verb To treat someone with great care, comfort, and indulgence, often more than is really necessary.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

избалова́ть is used for these senses in English:

• pamper (transitive) To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
• spoil (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]

spoil — full definition

1. verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
2. verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
3. verb (of food) To go bad.
4. noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."

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