spoil

spoil  (spoil)

v. spoiled or spoilt (spoilt), spoil·ing, spoils

v.tr.

1.

a. To impair the value or quality of.

b. To damage irreparably; ruin.

2. To impair the completeness, perfection, or unity of; flaw grievously: spoiled the party.

3. To do harm to the character, nature, or attitude of by oversolicitude, overindulgence, or excessive praise. See Synonyms at pamper.

4. Archaic

a. To plunder; despoil.

b. To take by force.

v.intr.

1. To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food. See Synonyms at decay.

2. To pillage.

n.

1. spoils

a. Goods or property seized from a victim after a conflict, especially after a military victory.

b. Incidental benefits reaped by a winner, especially political patronage enjoyed by a successful party or candidate.

2. An object of plunder; prey.

3. Refuse material removed from an excavation.

4. Archaic The act of plundering; spoliation.

Phrasal Verb:

spoil for

To be eager for: spoiling for a fight.

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[Middle English spoilen, to plunder, from Old French espoillier, from Latin spolire, from spolium, booty.]

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spoil [spɔɪl]

vb spoils, spoiling, spoilt, spoiled

1. (tr) to cause damage to (something), in regard to its value, beauty, usefulness, etc.

2. (tr) to weaken the character of (a child) by complying unrestrainedly with its desires

3. (intr) (of perishable substances) to become unfit for consumption or use the fruit must be eaten before it spoils

4. (General Sporting Terms) (intr) Sport to disrupt the play or style of an opponent, as to prevent him from settling into a rhythm

5. Archaic to strip (a person or place) of (property or goods) by force or violence

be spoiling for to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)

n

1. (Mining & Quarrying) waste material thrown up by an excavation

2. any treasure accumulated by a person this gold ring was part of the spoil

3. Obsolete

a.  the act of plundering

b.  a strategically placed building, city, etc., captured as plunder See also spoils

[from Old French espoillier, from Latin spoliāre to strip, from spolium booty]

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spoil

• bilk - A term originally used in cribbage, meaning "spoil one's opponent's score."
• corrupt - Comes from Latin corrumpere, "destroy completely," and first meant "to destroy or spoil the flesh, fruit, or organic matter by dissolution or decomposition."
• infect - From Latin inficere, "put in" or "dip in," which came to mean "stain, taint, spoil."
• vitiate - "To make imperfect; spoil."

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spoil - (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one stolen property - property that has been stolen
	2.	spoil - the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" spoiling, spoilage injury - an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
	3.	spoil - the act of stripping and taking by force despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
Verb	1.	spoil - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, muff, screw up, fumble, blow go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
	2.	spoil - become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" go bad addle - become rotten; "addled eggs" curdle - go bad or sour; "The milk curdled" decay - undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
	3.	spoil - alter from the original corrupt modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
	4.	spoil - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, indulge do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
	5.	spoil - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart, baffle, bilk, foil, cross disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" dash - destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes" short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings" ruin - destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"
	6.	spoil - have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" itch desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
	7.	spoil - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" despoil, rape, plunder, violate ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
	8.	spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" mar, vitiate, deflower, impair damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" defile, sully, taint, corrupt, cloud - place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

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spoil

verb

1. ruin, destroy, wreck, damage, total (slang), blow (slang), injure, upset, harm, mar, scar, undo, trash (slang), impair, mess up, blemish, disfigure, debase, deface, put a damper on It is important not to let mistakes spoil your life.
ruin save, preserve, conserve, keep, improve, enhance, augment

2. overindulge, indulge, pamper, baby, cocker (rare), cosset, coddle, spoon-feed, mollycoddle, kill with kindness Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren.
overindulge deprive, be strict with, treat harshly, ignore, pay no attention to

3. indulge, treat, pamper, satisfy, gratify, pander to, regale Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer.

4. go bad, turn, go off (Brit. informal), rot, decay, decompose, curdle, mildew, addle, putrefy, become tainted Fats spoil by becoming tainted.

plural noun

booty, loot, plunder, gain, prizes, prey, pickings, pillage, swag (slang), boodle (slang, chiefly U.S.), rapine Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils.

Translations

spoil [spɔɪl] (spoiled or spoilt (vb: pt, pp))

A. VT

1. (= ruin) → estropear, arruinar; (= harm) → dañar; (= invalidate) [+ voting paper] → invalidar
the coast has been spoiled by development → la costa ha sido arruinada por las urbanizaciones
it spoiled our holiday → nos estropeó las vacaciones
and there were 20 spoiled papers → y hubo 20 votos nulos
it will spoil your appetite → te quitará el apetito
to spoil sb's fun → aguar la fiesta a algn
to get spoiled → echarse a perder, estropearse

2. (= pamper) → mimar, consentir(LAm)
grandparents like to spoil their grandchildren → a los abuelos les encanta mimar a los nietos

B. VI

1. [food] → estropearse, echarse a perder
if we leave it here it will spoil → si lo dejamos aquí se estropeará or se echará a perder

2. to be spoiling for a fight → estar con ganas de luchar or (LAm) pelear

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spoil [ˈspɔɪl] [spoilt] (pt, pp) (British) [spoiled] (pt, pp)

vt

(= damage) [+ clothes, food] → abîmer; [+ crops] → endommager

(= mar) [+ evening, holiday, occasion, view, effect, surprise] → gâcher
to spoil one's appetite → se couper l'appétit

[+ child] → gâter

(= pamper) [+ person] → gâter
to spoil o.s. → se faire plaisir
to be spoilt for choice (British) to be spoiled for choice → avoir l'embarras du choix

[+ ballot paper] → rendre nul(le)

vi [food] → se gâter

spoil for

vt fus
to be spoiling for a fight → chercher la bagarre

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spoil vb: pret, ptp <spoilt (Brit) or spoiled>

n usu pl → Beute f no pl; (fig: = profits also) → Gewinn m; the spoils of war → die Kriegsbeute; spoils of office → Vergünstigungen pl → im Amt

vt

(= ruin, detract from) → verderben; town, looks etc → verschandeln; peace of mind → zerstören; life → ruinieren; (Brit) ballot papers → ungültig machen; to spoil the party (fig) → ein Spaßverderber sein; to spoil somebody’s fun → jdm den Spaß verderben; it spoiled our evening → das hat uns (dat) → den Abend verdorben; if you eat now you’ll spoil your lunch → wenn du jetzt etwas isst, verdirbst du dir den Appetit fürs Mittagessen; spoiled ballot papers (Brit) → ungültige Stimmzettel pl

person → verwöhnen; children → verwöhnen, verziehen; to spoil somebody for something (inf) → jdn für etw verderben; to be spoiled for choice → eine übergroße Auswahl haben, die Qual der Wahl haben

vi

(food) → verderben

to be spoiling for trouble/a fight → Ärger/Streit suchen

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spoil [spɔɪl] (spoiled or spoilt (pt, pp))

1. vt

a. (ruin, detract from) → rovinare, sciupare; (ballot paper) → annullare, invalidare
don't spoil our fun → non fare il guastafeste
to spoil one's appetite → guastarsi l'appetito

b. (child) → viziare

2. vi

a. (food) → guastarsi, andare a male; (while cooking) → rovinarsi

b. to be spoiling for a fight → morire dalla voglia di litigare

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spoil

v spoil [spoil]

1 to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it. ruïneer يُتْلِف повреждам zkazit ødelægge verderben καταστρέφω, χαλώ, φθείρω estropear (ära) rikkuma خراب كردن؛ فاسد كردن pilata gâcher לְקַלקֵל बिगाड़ना, खराब कर देना, नष्ट कर देना pokvariti elront merusak eyðileggja(st) rovinare, sciupare だめにする 망치다 (su)gadinti []bojāt rosak bederven ødelegge, spolere psuć estragar a strica (ис)портить pokaziť uničiti pokvariti förstöra ทำให้เสียหาย bozmak 損壞 (зі)псувати بگاڑنا، خراب کرنا làm hỏngt 损坏

2 to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable! verwen, bederf يُدَلِّل разглезвам rozmazlit forkæle verziehen κακομαθαίνω mimar ära hellitama لوس كردن hemmotella gâter לְפַנֵק सिर चढ़ाना, दुलारना, गुस्ताख razmaziti elkényeztet memanjakan (of)dekra viziare 甘やかす 버릇 없게 만들다 (iš)paikinti []lutināt dimanjakan bederven skjemme bort, forkjæle psuć, rozpieszczać estragar a răsfăţa баловать rozmaznať razvaditi (otroka) razmaziti skämma bort ตามใจจนเสียคน şımartmak, yüz vermek 寵壞，溺愛 пестити; балувати لاڈ وغیرہ سے بگاڑنا làm hư, làm hại tính cách 宠坏，溺爱

n pl spoils

profits or rewards the spoils of war; the spoils of success. wins, beloning فوائِد، غَنائِم، أسْلاب плячка kořist; zisk bytte; gevinst der Gewinn λάφυρα, τρόπαια, κέρδη botín saak غنائم جنگي saalis bénéfices, butin שָלָל लूट, इनाम plijen, pljačka haszon keuntungan gróði; herfang, ránsfengur bottino; guadagno, vantaggio 戦利品 보상 grobis labums; ieguvums; laupījums ganjaran buit bytte zdobycze lucros pradă; avantaj трофеи; прибыль korisť; výhody dobiček, plen profit rov, byte, belöning รางวัล avanta, arpalık 掠奪物 здобич; прибуток مال غنیمت یا لوٹ کا مال chiến lợi phẩm, lợi lộc 掠夺物

adj spoilt

He's a very spoilt child! verwende مُدَلَّل разглезен zkažený forkælet verdorben κακομαθημένος mimado ärahellitatud لوس hemmoteltu gâté מְפוּנָק बिगड़ा हुआ razmažen kényeztetett manja ofdekraður viziato 甘やかされた 버릇 없는 išpaikintas sabojāts; (par bērnu) izlutināts rosak bedorven bortskjemt rozpieszczony mimado răs­făţat избалованный rozmaznaný, pokazený razvajen razmažen bortskämd ที่ถูกตามใจจนเสียคน şımarık 被寵壞的 балуваний; розбещений بگڑا ہوا hư hỏng 被宠坏的

n spoilsport

a person who spoils, or refuses to join in, the fun of others. bederwer مُتَدَلِّل: يُتْلِف أو يَرْفُض الإنْضِمام إلى مَرَح الآخَرين човек, който разваля удоволствието на другите rušitel dobré nálady lyseslukker der/die Spielverderber(in) ξενέρωτος aguafiestas tujurikkuja ilonpilaaja rabat-joie הוֹרֵס מַצַב-רוּחַ रंग में भंग करने वाला, मजा बिगड़ने वाला kvaritelj veselja, zabave ünneprontó perusak kesenangan gleðispillir guastafeste 水をさす人 남의 흥을 깨뜨리는 사람 paniurėlis, surūgėlis cilvēks, kas sabojā citiem prieku perosak kegembiraan spelbreker gledesdreper osoba psująca zabawę innym desmancha-prazeres persoană care strică dispoziţia altora тот, кто портит удовольствие другим kto kazí dobrú náladu večni nergač, tečnoba baksuz glädjedödare ผู้รบกวน oyun bozan, mızıkçı 掃興的人 особа, що псує задоволення іншим رنگ میں بھنگ ڈالنے والا شخص người phá đám 扫兴的人

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spoil → يُفسِد zkazit ødelægge verderben κακομαθαίνω echar a perder pilata gâter pokvariti viziare 台無しにする (...을) 망쳐놓다 bederven skjemme bort popsuć estragar портить fördärva ทำให้เสียหาย ตามใจจนเสียคน berbat etmek làm hỏng 溺爱