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1 estropearse
1 (máquina) to break down2 (cosecha) to be spoiled, get damaged3 (plan etc) to fail, fall through, go wrong4 (comida) to go bad* * ** * *VPR1) (=averiarse) [lavadora, televisor] to break; [ascensor, vehículo] to break downse me ha estropeado el vídeo — my video is o has broken
2) (=dañarse) [ropa, zapatos, vista] to get ruined; [carne, fruta] to go off, spoilsi te lo lavas con este champú no se estropeará el pelo — this shampoo won't damage o ruin your hair
3) (=malograrse) [plan, vacaciones] to be ruinedse me estropearon todos los planes cuando me quedé sin trabajo — all my plans were ruined when I lost my job
4) [persona] (=afearse) to lose one's looks; (=envejecer) to age* * *(v.) = go down, sour, give up + the ghost, conk out, go + kaput, be kaput, go to + seed, go + haywire, go + haywire, be up the spoutEx. But this is much more of a problem than losing a machine and going down for two days or something like that.Ex. His poetry is characterized by a distinctive and attractive tone that is neither sentimental nor soured by experience.Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex. The space man, poor fellow, has presumably wandered up and somehow indicated that his UFO has conked out.Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.Ex. She berated him for having ' gone to seed' and lambasted him for not living up to his ideals.Ex. The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.* * *(v.) = go down, sour, give up + the ghost, conk out, go + kaput, be kaput, go to + seed, go + haywire, go + haywire, be up the spoutEx: But this is much more of a problem than losing a machine and going down for two days or something like that.
Ex: His poetry is characterized by a distinctive and attractive tone that is neither sentimental nor soured by experience.Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.Ex: The space man, poor fellow, has presumably wandered up and somehow indicated that his UFO has conked out.Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.Ex: She berated him for having ' gone to seed' and lambasted him for not living up to his ideals.Ex: The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.* * *
■estropearse vr (máquina) to break down: se ha estropeado el ventilador, the fan has broken down
(alimento) to go off o bad: se ha roto la nevera y se ha estropeado la comida, the refrigerator broke down and the food has gone bad
' estropearse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
jorobarse
- estropear
- fastidiar
- valer
English:
bad
- break
- bruise
- go off
- keep
- pack up
- perish
- sour
- spoil
- wrong
- go
- hay
* * *vpr1. [máquina] to break down;[ropa] to be ruined;se ha vuelto a estropearse el ascensor the lift has broken down again;se me ha estropeado el despertador my alarm clock is broken;se ha estropeado el día the day has turned out badly2. [comida] to spoil, Br to go off;no dejes la fruta fuera de la nevera, que se estropea don't leave the fruit out of the fridge or it'll spoil o Br go off4. [plan] to fall through;se me estropeó el plan my plan turned out badly* * *v/r1 break down2 de comida go off, go bad3 de plan go wrong4:estropearse la vista ruin one’s eyesight* * *vr1) : to spoil, to go bad2) : to break down* * *estropearse vb2. (comida) to go off
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