Usage Note
Gâcher conveys squandering something valuable — time, an opportunity, a relationship — or ruining something that could have been good. The noun gâchis means a waste or a mess. In a construction context, gâcher du plâtre means to mix plaster, the verb's original concrete sense.
Examples
"Tu vas gâcher ta chance."
Natural Translation
You are going to waste your chance.
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