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spoil verb

  /spɔɪl/
  • (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]
 κακομαθαίνω, αλλοιώνω, αμαυρώνω, καλομαθαίνω, καταστρέφω, χαλάω
  • (intransitive, of food or drink) To go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.]
 αλλοιώνομαι, κόβω, μυρίζω, ξινίζω, χαλάω
  • (transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. [from 16th c.]
 αλλοιώνω, αμαυρώνω, καταστρέφω
  • (transitive) To prematurely reveal major events or the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing ahead of time as a spoiler.
 μαρτυρώ, προδίδω

spoil noun

  /spɔɪl/
  • (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
 λεία, λάφυρο
  • (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.
 μπάζα

spoiled adjective

  /spɔɪld/
  • (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
 κακομαθημένος

spoils

ρουσφέτι

spoils noun

  /spɔɪlz/
λεία
spare the rod and spoil the child
όποιος αγαπά, τιμωρεί
too many cooks spoil the broth
όπου λαλούν πολλοί κοκόροι αργεί να ξημερώσει
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