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Spoil Past Spoilt Sth Verb  /Spɔɪl   Transitive Tense

Level B2 
Kind verb
Front spoil 
IPA  /spɔɪl   / verb [transitive] (past tense, past participle spoilt /spɔɪlt   /; or spoiled /spɔɪld   /)
Back bozmak, mahvetmek, berbat etmek
şımartmak 
Back 2

spoil (verb)

 /spɔɪl   / verb [transitive] (past tense, past participle spoilt /spɔɪlt   /; or spoiled /spɔɪld   /)
 
1 to change sth good into sth bad, unpleasant, useless, etc.; to ruin sth
bozmak, mahvetmek, berbat etmek
 The new office block will spoil the view.
 Our holiday was spoilt by bad weather.
 Eating between meals will spoil your appetite.
 2 to do too much for sb, especially a child, so that you have a bad effect on their character
şımartmak
 a spoilt child
 3
 spoil sb/yourself
to do sth special or nice to make sb/yourself happy
 (birini/kendini) şımartmak
 Why not spoil yourself with one of our new range of beauty products?
 

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