perjudicar
Meanings
Verb
1. (not in a physical sense) to damage, harm, make worse, jeopardize, prejudice (transitive)
2. to malign, defame (transitive, Latin America)
Examples7
No perjudicará intentar hacerlo.
It won't hurt to try doing that.
A ella no le perjudicó tomar alcohol.
She was none the worse for drinking spirits.
Fumar te perjudica.
Smoking is bad for you.
La sequía perjudicó gravemente a la cosecha.
The drought did severe damage to the harvest.
El escándalo perjudicó enormemente su impecable imagen.
The scandal has badly damaged his clean image.
Esto perjudica al medio ambiente.
This is bad for the environment.