spoiled

gâté, pourri gâté

Qui se comporte mal ou ne pense qu’à soi parce qu’on lui a toujours donné ce qu’il voulait.

En anglais simple : Selfish or badly behaved because other people have always given you what you want.

• He is a spoiled child.
• The spoiled teenager complained about every small inconvenience.
• She acts like a spoiled brat when she cannot get her way.

Synonymes : overindulged, pampered

Expressions courantes : spoiled child, spoiled brat, spoiled little prince

avarié, gâté

Qui s’est abîmé et ne peut plus être mangé ou utilisé.

En anglais simple : No longer good enough to use or eat because it has gone bad.

• The milk is spoiled.
• We threw away all the spoiled food.
• A bad smell warned us that the meat was spoiled.

Synonymes : bad, rotten, unusable

Contraires : fresh

Expressions courantes : spoiled food, spoiled milk, spoiled meat