were spoiling
Past progressive conjugation of spoil. There are other translations for this conjugation.
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spoil

TRANSITIVE VERB
(to ruin)-echar a perder
Synonyms for spoil
harm
dañar
mess up
ensuciar
mess up
estropear
sully
manchar
sully
mancillar
tarnish
empañar
trash
poner por los suelos
wreck
arruinar
disgrace
deshonrar
disrupt
interrumpir
mar
estropear
overshadow
ensombrecer
ruin
arruinar
taint
contaminar
taint
mancillar
tarnish
deslustrarse
violate
profanar
Antonyms for spoil
conserve
conservar
preserve
conservar
preserve
proteger
save
salvar
enhance
mejorar
improve
mejorar
make up for
compensar
preserve
proteger
INTRANSITIVE VERB
(to go bad)-estropearse
Synonyms for spoil
go sour
agriarse
sour
agriarse
turn
agriarse
decay
pudrirse
decompose
descomponer
die
morir
Antonyms for spoil
grow
cultivar
improve
mejorar
preserve
hacer conserva con
save
aguantar
TRANSITIVE VERB
(to pamper)-mimar
Synonyms for spoil
pamper
mimar
coddle
mimar
indulge
consentir
Antonyms for spoil
mistreat
maltratar
TRANSITIVE VERB
(to invalidate)-invalidar
Synonyms for spoil
blacken
manchar
overshadow
ensombrecer
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