guastare.
to ruin, to damage
Meaning & usage
to ruin, to damage
la piena ha guastato il ponte
la notizia ci guastò la festa
to break (to cause to stop functioning properly)
i ragazzi hanno guastato tutte le sedie del salotto
to corrupt, lead astray
to undo in order to do again, usually in a different way (typically of knitting)
ogni notte, guastava la tela che aveva tessuto durante il giorno
to destroy, lay waste (to)
to mutilate
to execute (to put to death)
Pregò colui che a guastare il menava
to be unpleasant or harmful
Where this word comes from
From Latin vastāre, influenced by Frankish *wōstijan. Compare Portuguese gastar, Spanish gastar (“to spend”).
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