malograr

v.

1 to waste.

2 to spoil, to waste.

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malograr

► verbo transitivo

1 (desaprovechar) to waste

2 (estropear) to spoil, ruin

► verbo pronominal malograrse

1 (plan, proyecto) to fail, fall through; (cosecha) to fail, be ruined

2 (persona) to die before one's time

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1.

VT (=arruinar) to spoil, ruin; (=desperdiciar) to waste

2.

See:

malograrse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <oportunidad> to waste; <trabajo> to ruin, spoil

2) (Ven euf) (desvirgar) to deflower

2.

malograrsev pron

1) proyecto to fail, miscarry; sueños to come to nothing; cosecha to fail

2)

a) persona (morir joven) to die young o before one's time

b) cría to be stillborn

c) (Per) reloj to stop working; lavadora to break down

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= waste, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex. Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.

Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

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* malograrse = fizzle.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <oportunidad> to waste; <trabajo> to ruin, spoil

2) (Ven euf) (desvirgar) to deflower

2.

malograrsev pron

1) proyecto to fail, miscarry; sueños to come to nothing; cosecha to fail

2)

a) persona (morir joven) to die young o before one's time

b) cría to be stillborn

c) (Per) reloj to stop working; lavadora to break down

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= waste, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex: Long keys are not handled by wasting space in the data base, but by using only enough space to store the key.

Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.

Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.

* malograrse = fizzle.

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malograr [A1 ]

vt

A ‹oportunidad› to waste; ‹trabajo› to ruin, spoil, wreck

B (Ven euf) (desvirgar) to deflower

■ malograrse

v pron

A «proyecto» to fail, miscarry; «sueños» to come to nothing; «cosecha» to fail

todos nuestros esfuerzos se malograron all our efforts came to nothing o were in vain

B

1 «persona» (morir joven) to die young o before one's time

2 «cría» to be stillborn

3 (Per) «reloj» to stop working; «lavadora» to break down

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malograr (conjugate malograr) verbo transitivo ‹oportunidad› to waste;
‹trabajo› to ruin, spoil
malograrseverbo pronominal
1 [proyecto/cosecha] to fail
2

a) [persona] (morir joven) to die young o before one's time

b) (Per) [reloj] to stop working;

[lavadora] to break down
malograr verbo transitivo to upset: has malogrado esta oportunidad, you've wasted this chance
'malograr' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estropear
- jorobar
English:
blight

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malograr

♦ vt

1. [desperdiciar] to waste;

malograron dos penalties they wasted two penalties

2. Andes [estropear] to make a mess of, to ruin

3. Ven Fam [matar] to do in, to waste

♦ See also the pronominal verb malograrse

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malograr

v/t

1 tiempo waste

2 trabajo spoil, ruin

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malograr vt

1) : to spoil, to ruin

2) : to waste (an opportunity, time)

♦ See also the reflexive verb malograrse