WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2026:
| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| fail⇒ vi | (not succeed) | misslyckas vitr |
| | | inte lyckas adv + vitr |
| | The plan failed because they ran out of money. |
| | Planen misslyckades eftersom de fick slut på pengar. |
| fail to do [sth] vi + prep | (not succeed in doing [sth]) | misslyckas med att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | (vardagligt) | missa att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | They failed to deliver the package in time. |
| | De misslyckades med att leverera paketet i tid. |
| fail to do [sth] vi + prep | (omit, neglect) (formellt) | försumma, underlåta vtr |
| | (vardagligt) | låta bli att v uttr |
| | The directions failed to mention that the road was closed. |
| | Vägbeskrivningen lät bli att nämna att vägen var stängd. |
| fail vi | (not pass an exam) | få underkänt på ngt vbal uttr |
| | (vardagligt) | kugga vitr |
| | The teacher told Marge that she would fail if she didn't study harder. |
| | Läraren sa till Marge att hon skulle få underkänt om hon inte studerade mer. |
| fail [sth]⇒ vtr | (not pass) (vardagligt) | bli underkänd vtr |
| | (slang) | kugga, köra vtr |
| | Bobby failed the exam. Sarah was failing math so her parents got her a tutor. |
| | Bobby fick underkänt på provet. |
| fail [sb]⇒ vtr | (disappoint) | svika vtr |
| | The employee failed his manager by not finishing the report on time. |
| fail n | informal (failure, mistake) | misslyckande s |
| | (slang) | fail s |
| | | fiasko s |
| | The soup I made was definitely a fail because it just didn't taste right. |
| | Soppan jag gjorde var definitivt ett misslyckande eftersom den bara inte smakade som den skulle. |
| Ytterligare översättningar |
| fail n | (rejection in a test) | underkänt s |
| | He did very badly in his biology test, and was given a fail. |
| fail⇒ vi | (lose strength) | avta, försämras vitr |
| | | tryta vitr |
| | Karen's strength was failing after running for ten kilometres. |
| | My grandfather is very old now and starting to fail. |
| fail vi | (stop functioning) | sluta fungera vitr |
| | | stanna, upphöra vitr |
| | (vägra starta, bildlig) | strejka vitr |
| | The machine failed around four pm. |
| fail vi | (go bankrupt) | göra bankrutt vitr |
| | | gå i konkurs v uttr |
| | The typewriter company failed when people started using computers. |
| fail vi | (run out, be exhausted) | sina vitr |
| | (litterärt) | tryta vitr |
| | The expedition's supplies were failing and they turned back. |
| fail [sth]⇒ vtr | (reject) | avvisa vtr |
| | | underkänna vtr |
| | The quality inspector failed the parts that were defective. |
| fail [sb]⇒ vtr | (give student poor mark) (elev) | underkänna vtr |
| | The examiner failed me because I didn't check my mirror before pulling out. |