dar al traste — meaning in English

English meaning

• ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

dar al traste is used for these senses in English:

• ruin To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
• spoil (transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. [from 16th c.]

ruin — full definition

1. verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
2. noun The remains of a destroyed or decayed structure.

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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