La Palabra Del Dia: "estropear"

Question

estropear ( eh-stroh-pyahr' )

verb ( to ruin; to mess up, to spoil )

There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.

Guidelines:

Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.

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Examples:

1: ¡Ups! Creo que estropeé la salsa de vino tinto.

Oops! I think I ruined the red wine sauce.

2: Perdón por haber estropeado la caminata con mi vértigo.

I'm sorry for messing up the hike with my vertigo.

Gracias princesa xx - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015

Gracias chica :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

De nada, Ian y JR. xoxo - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

Nice animation today. - Sassette, Sep 15, 2015

Good night friends! :) - crucesignatus, Sep 16, 2015

Gracias mis amigos. ♥♥ - rac1, Sep 16, 2015

Answer 1

Espero que esta noche la lluvia no vaya a estropear la ceremonia del Grito de Independencia, que conmemora el inicio de la guerra de independencia de México.

I hope the rain won't spoil tonight the ceremony of the Cry of Independence, that commemorates the begining of Mexican Independence War.

Saludos !

Hola, Luis. It's coMmemorates. Otherwise, it all looks good. - Sassette, Sep 15, 2015

I learn so much from your posts. ;) - jrschenk, Sep 15, 2015

Looks like a great party :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

Feliz día del Grito. ¿Estás en San Miguel de Allende? - Jubilado, Sep 15, 2015

¡¡¡Feliz día de la Independencia de México Luis!!! - crucesignatus, Sep 15, 2015

....."of the Mexican".... :):) Looks like fun! - rac1, Sep 16, 2015

Answer 2

Una manzana mala estropea el manojo entero.

One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.

He looks like a mean one. Great sentence. :) - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

it is just a myth - Pablo064, Sep 15, 2015

He's rotten to the core :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 3

Foca :Hola, estoy estropeando la foto de los pingüinos, pero no importa, también me gustaría también ser inmortalizado.

Seal: Hi, I'm spoiling the picture of penguins, but I don't mind, I too would like to be immortalized.

Photo bomb! - mstivers, Sep 15, 2015

...."but I don't mind"... ...."I too would like to be immortalized"... ♥ - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

..pero no importa..también me gustaría ser inmortalizado.. - Pablo064, Sep 15, 2015

I've learned 'photo bomb' from rac1 so it the first thing i thought when I saw the picture :D - Pablo064, Sep 15, 2015

Great pic :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

Magnífico! - jrschenk, Sep 15, 2015

Gracias amigos - porcupine7, Sep 16, 2015

Answer 4

To ruin my day remembering the song "bad day" by Daniel Powter is enough.

Para estropear (arruinar) mi día recordar la canción "día malo" de Daniel Powter es suficiente.

Mis sugerencias- "remembering"en lugar de "remember" y "by" en lugar de "of". Has puesto "arruinar" en lugar de la palabra "estropear"? - bosquederoble, Sep 15, 2015

It's not one of my favorites :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

Don't listen to it, amigo. - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

De veras? Me encanta esta canción! - jrschenk, Sep 15, 2015

hehe, Gracias Bosque. :) - crucesignatus, Sep 15, 2015

Opening of Friends is my solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLisEEwYZvw :) - crucesignatus, Sep 15, 2015

Thank you Amber. :) - crucesignatus, Sep 15, 2015

@Jrschenk, a mi me pone triste. :( - crucesignatus, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 5

El pueblo de España se viste muy bien y hay muchos productos para lavar ropa. A mi no me interesa tanto la lavadora de ropa y he estropeado muchos vestidos delicados por metir / mezclar prendas de color con blancas y todo ha salido de un color rosa-marron muy feo.

In Spain people dress very well and there are a lot of washing products. I'm not overly interested in the washing-machine and I've ruined a lot of clothes by putting coloured garments in with the whites and everything has come out a very ugly browny pink.

The picture shows the first mistake: the pink garment going in with the rest.. - annierats, Sep 15, 2015

I did that once and my white shorts came out pink. - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

'colorado' is 'red'...I'd say 'por mezclar prendas de color con blancas' :) - Pablo064, Sep 15, 2015

Reach for the bleach :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

I have a lady that does all my laundry, in exchange, I say "yes dear" a lot. ;) - jrschenk, Sep 15, 2015

I´ll tell my husband to say that, jschenk. Good plan, forward moving.. - annierats, Sep 15, 2015

Gracias, Pablo, si quieres puedo lavar tu ropa cuando llegaras en Espana..Ok, not inspiring for you! - annierats, Sep 15, 2015

If you want a nice shade of pink Annie just mix red and white only. :) Works a treat. - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015

Thanks Ian and Jraider, vaya! - annierats, Sep 15, 2015

I always wash in cold water to avoid that problem - mstivers, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 6

Acabaron de meter un Acaban de poner césped nuevo, y el perro lo estropeó.

They had just put in a new lawn, and the dog messed it up.

MY son's puppy ate his girl-friends recently renewed passport last week, she has to apply for another new one at a repeat cost of 75 pounds. Count your blessings! - annierats, Sep 15, 2015

They love to dig holes in the yard. Sometimes they bury a bone that way. - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

'Acaban de poner césped..' :) - Pablo064, Sep 15, 2015

Gracias, Pablo064 - mstivers, Sep 15, 2015

Very nice example. :) - Manity, Sep 15, 2015

Bad dog :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

I confess that my love of dogs is sometimes expensive... - jrschenk, Sep 15, 2015

Any kind of free-ranging pet is going to introduce chaos - mstivers, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 7

Nos has estropeado los planes. / You’ve spoilt our plans.

El dormir poco la ha estropeado. / Lack of sleep has aged her.

Thanks, Ian. You always have great examples. :) - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

Gracias sir ian :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

De nada amigos. :) - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015

Count me a fan, too. - jrschenk, Sep 15, 2015

Yeah, I do look older because of lack of sleep. :( - Sassette, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 8

Los niños estropearon el edificio con graffiti.

The kids marred the building with graffiti.

Su oración en español no tiene verbo. - Jubilado, Sep 15, 2015

I changed it Jubi. Better? - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

Now that's graffiti, not art. - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

I can hear Grouchy Smurf say "I hate mar." - Sassette, Sep 15, 2015

I would want to ruin some behinds. - jrschenk, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 9

Como no uso insecticidas, las tijeretas invaden mis peras asiáticas, lo que ha estropeado la experiencia entera para mi esposa, así que ya no las recojo porque no puedo garantizar que mi esposa no corte una que contenga una sorpresa.

Because I don’t use insecticides, earwigs invade my Asian pears, which has ruined the entire experience for my wife, as such I no longer harvest them because I cannot guarantee that my wife will not cut into one that contains a surprise.

I have tried to explain to her that non-human primates prefer infested fruit for the additional protein, but it doesn't work. :D - bosquederoble, Sep 15, 2015

I am growing melons and you have to pick them just before they ripen or the %*#~! ants eat holes into them :-(((!~!!! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

Isn't there something non-toxic you can use or try? - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

My neighbours told me to douse my tomatoes in vinegar, but it didn't help, but you could try vinegar on these?? - annierats, Sep 15, 2015

I don't know if I could dowse a 25 foot tall tree with vinegar. And once one gets in it, it leaves its trace, and once my wife cuts one open that has evidence of one (usually only traces) she will not touch another fruit that season. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 15, 2015

I grew her carrots once, and brought them in and she said "they're dirty". I don't grow her root crops anymore. She is not a country girl. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 10

El exceso de sol estropea la piel. Creo que diez minutos de luz solar son suficientes.

Too much sun damages the skin. I believe that ten minutes of sunlight are enough.

It really does, then later in life your skin has that leathery look. - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

....but you need your vitamin D :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

Re: leathery look... great if you are a cowboy... ;) - jrschenk, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 11

Mi campamento lugar favorito fue estropeado cuando escarbaron bobos que su letrina en la zona riparia.

My favorite campsite was ruined when fools dug their latrine in the riparian zone.

You and Hyacinth Bucket (bouquet) are the only two people who have used the word "riparian" in my experience - I love it! - Jubilado, Sep 15, 2015

Yes. You're supposed to camp 100 yards from the stream :-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

That is a real shame. I would have been just as annoyed. - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

I was only aware of one person who has used the word "riparian." That would be roveg. - Sassette, Sep 15, 2015

Is a computer doing your translations? Cavar una letrina, simpler and more understandable? - annierats, Sep 15, 2015

zona ripária only comes up in Portugese on my compuer, not that I have ever heard of it, but there you go, I kind of understand it by intuition.. - annierats, Sep 15, 2015

I write what I know, then look into several dictionaries, and then test the result with some translators. I usually don't agree with them, and recheck everything. In this case, after checking 'dig' and trying to get a sense of meanings, I chose ... - roveg, Sep 15, 2015

... 'escarbar' as the closest, with the added bonus of a similarly to the word of the day. - roveg, Sep 15, 2015

'Similarly' should be 'similarity.' - roveg, Sep 15, 2015

I had to research 'zona riparia' :D 'mi lugar de campamento favorito cuando unos bobos enterraron sus letrinas(I'd say 'sus porquerías/inmundicias' instead of 'letrina') ;) - Pablo064, Sep 16, 2015

Most biologists and ecologists use the word riparian. - jennysk, Sep 16, 2015

Pablo064 'Letrina' must be the right word, although in this case you could use 'porquerias/inmundicias' to describe the result. I can find many examples of ''letrina' used as 'latrine' and none for your offerings. - roveg, Sep 16, 2015

Answer 12

Joven a su madre; Tengo todo como lo deseo. ¡No estropees nada!

Teenager to his mom: I have everything the way I want it. Don't mess anything up!

True of many people. If you clean it up, they can't find anything. - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

Organized chaos ;-)! - Jraider, Sep 15, 2015

Answer 13

Fumar estropea los pulmones y beber licor estropea el hígado y por eso no fumo o bebo.

Smoking damages the lungs and drinking alcohol damages the liver and therfore I don't drink or smoke..

Both excellent choices, amigo. :) - rac1, Sep 16, 2015

Answer 14

I like the idea of clean energy made by wind turbines but they do mess up the view.

Me gusta la idea del energía limpia hace por turbinas eólicas pero sí, estropean la vista.

We have to do something for the mess we've made. Not you personally, Katy. You know what I mean. ♥ - rac1, Sep 16, 2015

Answer 15

Si se le cae el móvil en el agua, probablemente va a ser estropeado.

If you drop your mobile phone in water, it will probably be ruined.

One way or another. jejejeje - rac1, Sep 16, 2015