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- jə1) (the state or act of failing: She was upset by her failure in the exam; failure of the electricity supply.) fracaso, suspenso, corte2) (an unsuccessful person or thing: He felt he was a failure.) fracasado3) (inability, refusal etc to do something: his failure to reply.) incapacidadfailure n fracasotr['feɪljəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (lack of success) fracaso2 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL quiebra3 SMALLEDUCATION/SMALL suspenso4 (person) fracasado,-a5 (breakdown) fallo, avería6 (of crops) pérdida\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLheart failure paro cardíacofailure ['feɪljər] n1) : fracaso m, malogro mcrop failure: pérdida de la cosechaheart failure: insuficiencia cardíacaengine failure: falla mecánica2) bankruptcy: bancarrota f, quiebra f3) : fracaso m (persona)he was a failure as a manager: como gerente, fue un fracason.• avería s.f.• despeño s.m.• falla s.f.• fallecimiento s.m.• fallo s.m.• falta s.f.• fiasco s.m.• fracasado s.m.• fracaso s.m.• malogro s.m.• naufragio s.m.• omisión s.f.• quiebra s.f.• suspenso s.m.'feɪljər, 'feɪljə(r)1)a) u (of marriage, talks) fracaso mb) c (unsuccessful thing, attempt) fracaso m; ( insolvency) quiebra f; (before n)failure rate — ( Busn) proporción f de quiebras; ( Educ) índice m de fracaso escolar
c) c ( person) fracaso md) c u ( breakdown)engine failure — falla f mecánica or (Esp) fallo m mecánico
power failure — apagón m
heart/kidney failure — insuficiencia f cardíaca/renal
['feɪljǝ(r)]failure to + INF: failure to carry out orders el incumplimiento de las órdenes; her failure to understand — el (hecho de) que no entendiera/entienda
1. N1) (=lack of success) fracaso m ; (in exam) suspenso m ; [of crops] pérdida f ; [of supplies] corte m, interrupción f ; [of hopes] frustración f, malogro mpower 3.to end in failure — acabar mal, malograrse (LAm)
3) (=person) fracasado(-a) m / f4) (=neglect) falta fhis failure to come — su ausencia, el que no viniera
failure to pay — incumplimiento m en el pago, impago m
2.CPDfailure rate N — (in exams) porcentaje m de suspensos; [of machine] porcentaje m de averías
* * *['feɪljər, 'feɪljə(r)]1)a) u (of marriage, talks) fracaso mb) c (unsuccessful thing, attempt) fracaso m; ( insolvency) quiebra f; (before n)failure rate — ( Busn) proporción f de quiebras; ( Educ) índice m de fracaso escolar
c) c ( person) fracaso md) c u ( breakdown)engine failure — falla f mecánica or (Esp) fallo m mecánico
power failure — apagón m
heart/kidney failure — insuficiencia f cardíaca/renal
failure to + INF: failure to carry out orders el incumplimiento de las órdenes; her failure to understand — el (hecho de) que no entendiera/entienda
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