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dar al traste

Spanish, verb/ˌdaɾ al ˈtɾaste/

dar al traste is a Spanish verb meaning “to mess up, spoil, ruin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does dar al traste mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to mess up, spoil, ruin

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of dar al traste

  • doy al traste first-person present singular
  • di al traste first-person preterite singular
  • dado al traste participle past

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dar al traste?

  • /ˌdaɾ al ˈtɾaste/
  • [ˌd̪aɾ al̪ ˈt̪ɾas.t̪e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to dar al traste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.