echarse a perder — meaning in English
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English meaning
- spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
Senses
echarse a perder is used for these senses in English:
- break bad (colloquial, especially, Southern US, and, Midwest US, of a person) To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime.
- break down (ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
- go bad (of foods and commodities) To spoil, rot, or otherwise become unusable due to age or storage conditions.
- spoil (intransitive, of food or drink) To go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.]
spoil — full definition
- verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
- verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
- verb (of food) To go bad.
- noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."