estropear

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to ruin, spoil
  2. (pronominal) to break down (to stop working)
  3. (pronominal) to go bad, spoil (of food)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
es‧tro‧pe‧ar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/estɾopeˈaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Italian stroppiare, from Latin turpis whence (English turpitude).

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