3 a negative effect -- perjuicio [ masculine ]
damage to the company’s reputation perjucio a la reputación de la empresa
4 [ plural ] money sb must pay, by order of a court, for harm caused -- daños y perjuicios
They have been ordered to pay $300,000 in damages. Se les ha ordenado pagar 300,000 dólares en daños y perjuicios.
5 to physically harm -- dañar
However, there are ways of tackling this crisis which do not risk damaging the local economy.
Without that, we could do irreparable damage to our environment and to the habitats of people, wildlife and plant life.
Being a soldier always causes serious psychological and often also physical damage in children.
There are nine projects in all which have been damaged in one way or another.
The point is what they set in motion and what damage it might have caused.
They urgently need support, because the damage that has occurred must not, under any circumstances, be passed on to them.
It is not about punishing wrongdoers but apportioning and allocating responsibility for environmental damage.
Indeed, the ultimate goal is prevention, not the provision of compensation for damage.
