echar a perder

echar a perder (first-person singular present echo a perder, first-person singular preterite eché a perder, past participle echado a perder)

1. (idiomatic) to spoil, ruin

   Synonyms: malograr, desgraciar, estropear, arruinar

• “echar a perder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10