to fail

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
fail⇒ vi	(not succeed)	fracasar⇒ vi
		fallar⇒ vtr
	The plan failed because they ran out of money.
	El plan fracasó porque se quedaron sin dinero.
fail to do [sth] vi + prep	(not succeed in doing [sth])	no poder, no lograr loc verb
		no adv
	They failed to deliver the package in time.
	No pudieron entregar el paquete a tiempo.
	No entregaron el paquete a tiempo.
fail to do [sth] vi + prep	(omit, neglect)	no adv
		omitir⇒ vi
	The directions failed to mention that the road was closed.
	Las indicaciones no mencionaron que la calle estaba cerrada.
fail vi	(not pass an exam) (AmL)	reprobar⇒ vi
	(ES)	suspender⇒ vi
	The teacher told Marge that she would fail if she didn't study harder.
	La profesora de Marge le dijo que iba a reprobar si no estudiaba más.
fail [sth]⇒ vtr	(not pass) (AmL)	reprobar⇒ vtr
	(ES)	suspender⇒ vtr
	(CO)	perder⇒ vtr
	Bobby failed the exam.
	Sarah was failing math so her parents got her a tutor.
	Bobby reprobó el examen.
fail [sb]⇒ vtr	(disappoint)	fallarle a v prnl + prep
	The employee failed his manager by not finishing the report on time.
	El empleado le falló a su gerente al no terminar el reporte a tiempo.
fail n	informal (failure, mistake)	fracaso nm
		fiasco nm
		error nm
	The soup I made was definitely a fail because it just didn't taste right.
	La sopa que cociné fue todo un fracaso porque no tenía buen sabor.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
fail n	(rejection in a test)	reprobado, suspenso nm
	He did very badly in his biology test, and was given a fail.
	Le fue muy mal en el examen de biología, se sacó un reprobado.
fail⇒ vi	(lose strength)	fallar⇒ vi
	Karen's strength was failing after running for ten kilometres.
	My grandfather is very old now and starting to fail.
	La fuerza de Karen estaba fallando después de haber corrido diez kilómetros.
fail vi	(stop functioning)	fallar⇒ vi
	The machine failed around four pm.
	La máquina falló alrededor de las cuatro de la tarde.
fail vi	(go bankrupt)	quebrar⇒ vi
	The typewriter company failed when people started using computers.
	La empresa de maquinillas quebró cuando las personas comenzaron a utilizar computadoras.
fail vi	(run out, be exhausted)	agotarse⇒ v prnl
		acabarse⇒ v prnl
	The expedition's supplies were failing and they turned back.
	Las provisiones de la expedición se estaban agotando y tuvieron que volver.
fail [sth]⇒ vtr	(reject)	rechazar⇒ vtr
	The quality inspector failed the parts that were defective.
	El inspector de calidad rechazó las piezas que estaban defectuosas.
fail [sb]⇒ vtr	(give student poor mark)	no aprobar a loc verb + prep
	(AR, PE)	desaprobar a vtr + prep
	(ES)	suspender a vtr + prep
	(MX)	reprobar a vtr + prep
	The examiner failed me because I didn't check my mirror before pulling out.
	El examinador no me aprobó porque no miré el retrovisor antes de salir.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
doomed to failure, doomed to fail adj	(destined not to succeed)	condenado al fracaso loc adj
		destinado al fracaso loc adj
	The plan was so unrealistic, it was doomed to failure.
	El plan era tan irreal que estaba condenado al fracaso.

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