Grammatical class

Verb

gâcher

to ruin, spoil, mar, wreck, waste

Details

Syllables

gâ-cher

Phonetics

ga.ʃe

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

7320

Freq. (movies)

2375

Freq. (news)

13815

Sentences

Tu vas tout gâcher.

You'll ruin everything.

A1

Tu aurais pu tout gâcher.

You could've ruined everything.

A1

Je ne veux pas tout gâcher.

I don't want to spoil everything.

A1

Je ne voulais pas la gâcher.

I didn't want to waste it.

A1

Je ne veux pas gâcher la surprise.

I don't want to spoil the surprise.

A2

Ce serait un péché que de le gâcher.

It would be a sin to waste it.

A2

Ça serait gâcher son talent.

That would be a waste of her talent.

B1

Ça serait gâcher leurs talents.

That would be a waste of their talents.

B1

Ce serait dommage de laisser se gâcher notre dur labeur.

It would be a pity to let all our hard work go to waste.

B2

En tant qu'adultes, nous ne devrions pas gâcher les aptitudes intellectuelles et créatives des enfants.

We adults shouldn't destroy the intelligent and creative capacity of children.

B2