verb🔗ShareFracasarTo be unsuccessful."Throughout my life, I have always failed."A lo largo de mi vida, siempre he fracasado.outcomeachievementbusinesseducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFracasarNot to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)"The truck failed to start."El camión no arrancó.achievementoutcomeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDescuidar, fracasarTo neglect."The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors."El informe no tiene en cuenta todos los factores atenuantes.attitudecharactermoralactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAveriar, fallarOf a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly."After running five minutes, the engine failed."Después de funcionar cinco minutos, el motor falló.technicalmachinedevicetechnologysystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFracasar, fallar, decepcionarTo be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert."The project is failing to meet the deadline; we are insufficiently prepared. "El proyecto está fracasando en cumplir con la fecha límite; no estamos suficientemente preparados.outcomeactioncharacterconditionsituationnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSuspender, reprobarTo receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits."I failed English last year."Reprobé inglés el año pasado.educationachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSuspenderTo give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour."The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments."El profesor me suspendió porque no completé ninguna de las tareas del curso.educationachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFracasar, fallarTo miss attaining; to lose."My younger sister is failing her math test; she's missing the answers. "Mi hermana menor está fallando en su examen de matemáticas; le faltan las respuestas.outcomeactionachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFallar, fracasarTo be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence."The crops failed last year."Las cosechas fallaron el año pasado.conditionqualityabilitynegativeoutcomeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFracasar, fallarTo be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of."The student was failing of the necessary skills to pass the exam. "El estudiante estaba fallando en las habilidades necesarias para aprobar el examen.conditionstatenegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFallar, decaer, disminuirTo fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink."The student's grades were failing because of their lack of attendance. "Las calificaciones del estudiante estaban fallando debido a su falta de asistencia.conditionprocessnatureactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFallar, decaerTo deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker."A sick man fails."Un hombre enfermo falla.conditionphysiologymedicinebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFallecer, morirTo perish; to die; used of a person."My grandmother is failing; her health is declining rapidly. "Mi abuela está falleciendo; su salud está decayendo rápidamente.personhumanbeingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareequivocarse, fallarTo err in judgment; to be mistaken."The student was failing to understand the complex math problem. "El estudiante estaba fallando en comprender el problema de matemáticas complejo.mindactionphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareQuebrar, fracasarTo become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent."The struggling business was failing to meet its debt payments and was eventually forced to close. "El negocio en dificultades no podía cumplir con sus pagos de deuda y finalmente se vio obligado a cerrar.businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDebilidad, defectoWeakness; defect"His worst failing is his temper."Su peor defecto es su mal genio.characternegativequalityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
preposition🔗ShareEn caso de que la opción preferida o anterior no sea posibleIf the preferred or prior option is not possible"A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement."En caso de no llegar a un acuerdo, se dice que una gran proporción de las mujeres empleadas en otras empresas han manifestado su intención de ir a la huelga.possibilityoutcomeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading