 | English  | German |  |
 | to murder sth. [coll.] [pej.] [spoil: music, a play, a language, etc.] | 329 etw.Akk. verhunzen [ugs.] [pej.] [Musik, ein Theaterstück, eine Sprache etc.] |  |
 | to blight sth. [spoil, disfigure] | 244 etw.Akk. verschandeln [ugs.] |  |
 | to crab sth. [Am.] [coll.] [spoil] | 19 etw. verpatzen [ugs.] [bes. jdm. anderen] |  |
 | sports [to spoil a game by overblowing the whistle or pernickety refereeing] | etw. zerpfeifen [ugs.] [z. B. ein Fußballspiel] |  |
 | theatre to corpse [theatrical slang] [spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one's lines or laughing uncontrollably] | es vermasseln [salopp] [als Schauspieler eine Aufführung verderben, indem man den Text vergisst oder plötzlich lachen muss] |  |
 | theatre to corpse [theatrical slang] [spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one's lines or laughing uncontrollably] | (die Vorstellung) schmeißen [Theaterjargon] [als Schauspieler den Text vergessen oder plötzlich lachen müssen] |  |
 | to taint [archaic] [food: spoil] | schlecht werden [Nahrungsmittel] |  |
2 Words |
 | to cook sb.'s goose [coll.] [idiom] [spoil sb.'s plans] | jdm. die Suppe versalzen [ugs.] [Redewendung] |  |
 | to louse up sth. [coll.] [spoil or ruin sth., e.g. sb.'s life] | etw. kaputtmachen [ugs.] [z. B. jds. Leben] |  |
 | to screw sth. up [coll.] [ruin, spoil] | etw.Akk. vergurken [salopp] [verderben, zu einem Misserfolg machen] |  |
3 Words |
 | to rain on sb.'s parade [idiom] [spoil someone's plans] | jdm. das Spiel verderben [Redewendung] |  |
5+ Words |
 | proverb Spare the rod, spoil the child. / Spare the rod and spoil the child. | Wer sein Kind liebt, züchtigt es. / Wer sein Kind liebt, der züchtigt es. |  |