how to pronounce spoil

/spɔɪl/

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spoil is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of spoil in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… don't want to spoil your fun I want you …”

meaning of spoil

To spoil something means to damage or ruin something.

spoil frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word spoil occurs in english on average 6.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics spoil can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that spoil can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;