spoil
Plunder taken from an enemy or victimPlunder taken from an enemy or victim.
» You're behaving like a spoiled brat.
Ти поводишся, як зіпсований шибеник. — deniko
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3 sensesPlunder taken from an enemy or victim.
Beute
трофе́йtroféj
(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.
Abraum, Schotter, Aushub
(archaic)The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim; spoliation, pillage, rapine.
the act of stripping and taking by force
Examples
348 sentencesYou're behaving like a spoiled brat.
Ти поводишся, як зіпсований шибеник. — deniko
I don't want to spoil the surprise.
Я не хочу зіпсувати сюрприз. — deniko
ruЯ не хочу портить сюрприз. — Balamax
deIch will die Überraschung nicht verderben. — Waldelfe
When I opened the refrigerator, I noticed the meat had spoiled.
Коли я відчинив холодильник, я звернув увагу на те, що м'ясо зіпсувалося. — deniko
ruОткрыв холодильник, я обнаружил, что мясо испортилось. — marafon
deAls ich den Kühlschrank öffnete, bemerkte ich, dass das Fleisch verdorben war. — boscowitch
You're behaving like a spoilt brat.
Ти поводишся, як зіпсований шибеник. — deniko
Don't spoil your child.
Не балуй свою дитину. — deniko
ruНе порть своего ребёнка. — odexed
deVerhätschel dein Kind nicht. — xtofu80
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English spoilen, spuylen, borrowed from Old French espoillier, espollier, espuFrom Middle English spoilen, spuylen, borrowed from Old French espoillier, espollier, espuler, from Latin spoliō, spoliāre (“pillage, ruin, spoil”).
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Forms
plural: spoils| Singular | spoil |
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uncountable
Synonyms
11 synonyms- the act of stripping and taking by force:spoliationspoilationdespoilationdespoilmentdespoliation
- the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it:spoilingspoilage
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
6 patterns- a spoiled brat
- spoiled brat
- a spoiled child
- like a spoiled
- spoiled child
- is a spoiled
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.