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echar a perder

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Spanish		English
echar a perder loc verb	(cosa: estropear) ([sth])	mess up vtr phrasal sep
		spoil⇒ vtr
	No eches a perder la sopa poniéndole mucha sal.
	Don't mess up the soup by putting too much salt in it.
	Don't spoil the soup by putting too much salt in it.
echar a perder loc verb	(negocio: frustrar)	ruin⇒, bankrupt⇒ vtr
	Si no hacemos esa inversión echaremos a perder la empresa.
	If we don't make this investment we will ruin the company.
echar a perder loc verb	(persona: corromper)	corrupt⇒ vtr
	(UK: archaic)	demoralise⇒ vtr
	(US: archaic)	demoralize⇒ vtr
	Los concejales echaron a perder al alcalde con esas propuestas.
	They corrupted the mayor with those bids.
echarse a perder loc verb	(cosa: estropearse)	go to waste, go down the drain v expr
		go bad v expr
		spoil⇒ vi
	La cosecha se echó a perder con las fuertes lluvias.
	The harvest went to waste with the heavy rain.
echarse a perder loc verb	(persona: corromperse)	go off the rails v expr
	Luisa cree que su hijo adolescente puede echarse a perder por culpa de las malas compañías.
	Luisa thinks her adolescent son could go off the rails because of bad influences.

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