dañar

v.

to damage, to harm, to hurt, to knock up.

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dañar

► verbo transitivo

1 (causar dolor) to hurt, harm

2 (estropear) to damage, spoil

3 figurado to damage, stain

■ ese asunto dañará su reputación that affair will damage his reputation

► verbo pronominal dañarse

1 (estropearse) to get damaged, spoil; (alimentos) to go bad, go off

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verb

1) to damage

2) harm, hurt

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1. VT

1) [+ objeto, pelo, piel, salud] to damage, harm

el alcohol le ha dañado el hígado — alcohol has damaged his liver

la recesión ha dañado el tejido social — the recession has damaged the social fabric

dañar la vista —

es tan feo que daña la vista — it's an eyesore

2) [+ cosecha] to damage, spoil

3) [+ reputación, carrera, proyecto] to damage, harm

es un intento de dañar su imagen pública — it's an attempt to damage o harm his public image

2.

See:

dañarse

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1.

verbo transitivo (hacer daño a)

a) <honra/reputación> to damage, harm

b) <fruta/mercancías/instalaciones> to damage; <cosecha> to damage, spoil

c) <salud/organismo> to be bad for, damage

esa luz me daña la vista — that light hurts my eyes

2.

dañarse v pron

1)

a) cosecha to be/get damaged o spoiled; comestibles/mercancías/muebles to be/get damaged

b) persona <salud> to damage

2) (Col, Ven)

a) carne/comida to rot, go bad

b) auto to break down; aparato to break

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= damage, impair, cause + erosion, injure, do + harm.

Ex. Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.

Ex. It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.

Ex. The replacement of the book catalog by the card catalog has caused a grave erosion of the ideal catalog sought by Panizzi and Cutter.

Ex. Dialog is being injured and will continue to be injured if the American Chemical Society continues to assert falsely that Dialog is underpaying royalties.

Ex. Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.

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* dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien) = damage + credibility.

* dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien/Algo) = impair + credibility.

* dañarse = hurt + Reflexivo, injure + Reflexivo.

* que no daña el medio ambiente = environmentally sound, environmentally friendly, eco-friendly.

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1.

verbo transitivo (hacer daño a)

a) <honra/reputación> to damage, harm

b) <fruta/mercancías/instalaciones> to damage; <cosecha> to damage, spoil

c) <salud/organismo> to be bad for, damage

esa luz me daña la vista — that light hurts my eyes

2.

dañarse v pron

1)

a) cosecha to be/get damaged o spoiled; comestibles/mercancías/muebles to be/get damaged

b) persona <salud> to damage

2) (Col, Ven)

a) carne/comida to rot, go bad

b) auto to break down; aparato to break

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= damage, impair, cause + erosion, injure, do + harm.

Ex: Single holds are useful, for example, when a particular copy of a document is damaged or needs rebinding.

Ex: It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.

Ex: The replacement of the book catalog by the card catalog has caused a grave erosion of the ideal catalog sought by Panizzi and Cutter.

Ex: Dialog is being injured and will continue to be injured if the American Chemical Society continues to assert falsely that Dialog is underpaying royalties.

Ex: Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.

* dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien) = damage + credibility.

* dañar la credibilidad (de Alguien/Algo) = impair + credibility.

* dañarse = hurt + Reflexivo, injure + Reflexivo.

* que no daña el medio ambiente = environmentally sound, environmentally friendly, eco-friendly.

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dañar [A1 ]

vt

A (hacer daño a)

1 ‹honra/reputación› to damage, harm

2 ‹fruta› to damage; ‹mercancías› to damage; ‹instalaciones/locales› to damage

3 «helada/lluvia» ‹cosecha› to damage, spoil

4 ‹salud/organismo› to be bad for, damage

escuchar esa música tan fuerte te puede dañar el oído listening to loud music like that can be bad for o can damage your hearing

esa luz me daña la vista that light hurts my eyes

B (Col) ‹reloj/aparato› to break

■ dañarse

v pron

A

1 «cosecha» to be/get damaged o spoiled; «comestibles/frutas» to be/get damaged; «mercancías/muebles» to be/get damaged

2 «persona» ‹salud› to damage

B (Col, Ven) (estropearse)

1 «fruta/carne» to rot, go bad

2 «auto» to break down; «aparato» to break

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dañar (conjugate dañar) verbo transitivo (en general) to damage;
‹salud/organismo› to be bad for
dañarse verbo pronominal
1 (en general) to be/get damaged;
‹salud› to damage
2 (Col, Ven)

a) [carne/comida] to rot, go bad

b) [carro] to break down;

[aparato] to break
dañar verbo transitivo
1 (deteriorar, estropear) to damage: este producto puede dañar el esmalte, this product is damaging to the enamelwork
2 (herir) to hurt, (perjudicar, molestar) to harm, prejudice
'dañar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estropear
- perjudicar
English:
damage
- impair
- injure
- vandalize
- poison

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dañar

♦ vt

1. [persona] to hurt;

[vista] to harm, to damage;

el tabaco daña la salud tobacco damages your health

2. [pieza, objeto, edificio, carretera] to damage;

[cosecha] to harm, to damage; [fruta, mercancía] to damage, to spoil

3. [prestigio, reputación] to damage, to harm

♦ See also the pronominal verb dañarse

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dañar

v/t harm; cosa damage

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dañar vt

1) : to damage, to spoil

2) : to harm, to hurt

♦ See also the reflexive verb dañarse

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dañar vb (estropear) to damage

la humedad ha dañado los libros the damp has damaged the books