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spoil someone rotten en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To overindulge someone, especially when it results in making them selfish and demanding.
    • Naylonfred had spoiled them rotten, making them selfish and demanding. 2013, Jack Camarda, Corruptus Politicus, →ISBN:
    • She spoiled him rotten and introduced him to a life that wasn't really good for him. 2015, Vernal Lind, Beyond Tomorrow, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spoiled someone rotten Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spoiled someone rotten Tense=Past lexicographic
spoilt someone rotten Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
spoilt someone rotten Tense=Past lexicographic
spoils someone rotten Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
spoil somebody rotten alternative lexicographic
spoiling someone rotten Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (1)

es tener en palmitas (to overindulge someone)