spoil

gâcher, abîmer

Abîmer quelque chose ou rendre une expérience moins agréable.

En anglais simple : To damage something or make an experience less enjoyable.

• Don't spoil the surprise.
• Heavy rain spoiled our picnic.
• You will spoil the film for me if you reveal the ending.

Comment l'utiliser : spoil something for someone (The noise spoiled the evening for everyone.)

Synonymes : ruin, damage, wreck

Contraires : improve

Expressions courantes : spoil the fun, spoil a surprise, spoil someone's day

se gâter, s'avarier

Pour un aliment, se dégrader au point de ne plus être bon ou sûr à manger.

En anglais simple : If food does this, it goes bad and is no longer safe or pleasant to eat.

• Milk can spoil in the heat.
• The fish spoiled because the fridge stopped working.
• Will this food spoil if we leave it outside?

Synonymes : go bad, rot, decay

Expressions courantes : spoil in heat, spoil quickly, spoil without refrigeration, spoil during storage

gâter

Donner tant d’attention ou de choses à quelqu’un qu’il devient égoïste ou se comporte mal.

En anglais simple : To give someone so much attention or so many things that they become selfish or badly behaved.

• Don't spoil the children.
• Her parents spoiled her with endless gifts.
• He was spoiled as a child and still expects special treatment.

Comment l'utiliser : spoil someone by doing something (You spoil him by giving him everything he asks for.)

Synonymes : overindulge, pamper, coddle

Expressions courantes : spoil a child, spoil someone rotten, spoil the children, spoil someone with gifts

butin

Argent ou objets précieux pris aux ennemis ou aux victimes, surtout après une bataille.

En anglais simple : Money or valuable things taken from enemies or victims, especially after a battle.

• The soldiers divided the spoil.
• Gold and silver formed part of the captured spoil.
• The conqueror carried the spoil of war back to his city.

Synonymes : loot, plunder, booty

Expressions courantes : spoil of war, divide the spoil, captured spoil