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echar a perder



Definitions

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echar a perder
     1. v. (idiom) to spoil, ruin
Spanish > Spanish
echar a perder
     1. Malograr el correcto funcionamiento de una cosa.
     2. Dicho de alimentos, descomponerse o podrirse.
     3. Degradar, corromper, pervertir, mancillar.
Analysis
echar
     1. v. to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air)
     2. v. to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container)
     3. v. to put in, add
     4. v. to let out
     5. v. to discharge
a
     1. prep. to
     2. prep. by
     3. prep. at
     4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
           Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you.
perder
     1. v. to lose
     2. v. to miss, to miss out
           No quiero perderme nada. - I don't want to miss anything.
     3. v. to waste
     4. v. (sports) to be losing; to trail; to be down



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