Failure (in English) 🔊
Fracaso (in Spanish) 🔊
Definitions
1.
Failure (n) (a lack of success or achievement)
— The company’s failure to deliver on time resulted in significant losses.
2.
Failure (v) (to be unsuccessful or to fail)
— The team failed to score in the game.
3.
Failure (n) (a person or thing that fails or is unsuccessful)
— The failure of the project led to a significant loss of funding.
Synonyms for Failure
Fiasco – Fracasos 🔊
Failed – Fallido 🔊
Lack of success – Ausencia de éxito 🔊
Disaster – Desastre 🔊
Insuccess – Insucesso 🔊
Mishap – Desafortunado 🔊
Blunder – Estupidez 🔊
Antonyms for Failure
Success – Éxito 🔊
Achievement – Logro 🔊
Complete success – Éxito completo 🔊
Satisfaction – Satisfacción 🔊
Realization – Realización 🔊
Total success – Logro total 🔊
Examples of Failure
| English | Spanish |
|---|---|
| The new product was a failure in the market. | El nuevo producto fue un fracaso en el mercado. |
| The team failed to qualify for the championship. | El equipo no consiguió calificar para el campeonato. |
| The company’s failure to deliver on time resulted in penalties. | El fracaso de la empresa para entregar a tiempo llevó a penas. |
| He failed his driving test for the third time. | Él no superó su examen de conducir por tercera vez. |
| The project failed to meet its goals. | El proyecto no alcanzó sus objetivos. |
Common Phrases
| English | Spanish |
|---|---|
| “To fail to prepare is to prepare to fail” | “No prepararse es prepararse para fracasar” |
| “Failure is not the opposite of success” | “El fracaso no es el opuesto del éxito” |
| “Success often results from failure” | “El éxito a menudo surge del fracaso” |
| “To fail is to learn” | “Fracasar es aprender” |
Conjugations for “Failure“
| Tense | Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present | fail, fails, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail |
| Past | failed, failed, failed, failed, failed, failed, failed |
| Future | will fail, will fail, will fail, will fail, will fail, will fail, will fail |
Word of the Day
fracaso – failure
Usage: The team’s failure to score in the game was a disappointment. – El fracaso del equipo para anotar en el juego fue un desafío.