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Meaning of Spoil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent

spɔɪl

Definitions

Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim; spoliation, pillage, rapine.
archaic
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.
uncountable

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العربية أفسد الغنائم دلل زنخ سلب غنج فَسَدَ فيء نتن

Azərbaycanca korlamaq

Български плячка развалям трофей

Bosanski korist mimar slad

Català consentir espatllar fer malbé

Čeština kořist lup rozmazlit zhatit zkazit

Cymraeg andwyo difetha

Dansk fordærve

Deutsch Abraum Aushub Beute den Spaß verderben Kaputtmachen Plundern ruinieren schlecht werden Schotter Spoilern verderben verwöhnen verziehen

Ελληνικά αλλοιώνομαι αλλοιώνω αμαυρώνω κακομαθαίνω καλομαθαίνω καταστρέφω κόβω λάφυρο λεία μαρτυρώ μπάζα μυρίζω ξινίζω προδίδω χαλάω

Esperanto malkaŝi riveli

Español acedarse achechar agriarse arruinar avinagrarse botín chiquear consentir contumeriar dañar dar al traste descomponerse despojar despojo destripar echar a perder echarse a perder espoilear estropear expoliar expolio hacer espoiler malacostumbrar malcriar mimar popar regalonear

Eesti rikkuma

Suomi hapantua hemmotella lelliä louhe mädäntyä mädätä pilaantua pilata ruoppausmassa ryöstösaalis saalis sotasaalis spoilata

Français butin dépouilles dévoiler gâcher gâter révéler spoil spoil spoiler Tourner

Gaeilge aicseam loit mill slad

Galego cortar esbullar estragar

עברית התקלקל פינק קלקל שלל

Hrvatski korist mimar slad

Magyar elkényeztet elront kényeztet kifoszt kirabol tönkretesz zsákmány

Հայերեն լկստել փչացնել

Bahasa Indonesia manja memanjakan

Italiano andare a male bottino rovinare viziare

日本語こわすだめにするネタバレ傷つける傷める利権台無しにする廃棄物甘やかす略奪品腐る贁

ქართული ნადავლი

한국어 망치다

Kurdî mîmar

नेपाली उमाल्नु

Nederlands bederven buit verbrodden verklappen verprutsen verwennen

Polski psuć zepsuć

Português arruinar butim despojar espólio estragar mimar pilhagem saque

Română dezvălui distruge pradă putrezi râncezi răsfăța ruină steril strica

Русский баловать избаловать испортить испортиться повредить повреждать портить прокиснуть скиснуть трофей

Српски korist mimar slad

Svenska byte fördärva skämma bort

தமிழ் பாழ்

ไทย ของโจร ชิง ตามใจ ทำลาย บูด ปล้น เนา เสี่ย แย้ง แย่งชิง

Tagalog konsentihin

Türkçe bozmak bozulmak çürümek mahvetmek üzerine titremek yağma

Українська псува́ти

Tiếng Việt 朝

Examples

“Thoſe thouſand horſe shall ſweat with martiall ſpoyle Of conquered kingdomes, and of Cities ſackt, […]”

“This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine.”

“In view of the decline in freight traffic, it was strange to hear from Mr. Lambert that there is "a continuing problem of supplying, particularly for the civil engineer, the number of wagons required for carrying construction materials and spoil for various works."”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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