fail

Pronúncia: feɪl
    noun
  1. colloquial University suspens (in de).
  2. without fail sens falta.
    3. transitive verb
  3. [person] faltar a, decebre.
  4. [exam] suspendre, no aprovar.
  5. [candidate] suspendre.
  6. his strength failed him es va sentir defallir, el van abandonar les forces.
  7. his heart failed him li va fallar el cor, es va trobar sense ànims.
  8. words fail me no trobo paraules per a expressar-me.
  9. you have failed me m'has decebut.
    10. intransitive verb
  10. [run short: of supply, strength] acabar-se, exhaurir-se.
  11. [engine] fallar.
  12. [voice] fallar, marxar.
  13. [eyes] debilitar-se.
  14. [crop] fallar, anar malament.
  15. [patient] debilitar-se, decandir-se.
  16. the light was failing s'anava fent fosc.

    17. [neglect]
  17. to fail to do something deixar de fer una cosa.
  18. he failed to appear no es va presentar.
  19. don't fail to visit her no deixis d'anar-la a veure.
  20. to fail to keep one's word no complir la paraula.

    21. [be unable]
  21. I fail to see how no sé veure de quina manera.
  22. I fail to understand why no acabo d'entendre (el) per què.
  23. [not succeed] fracassar, no tenir èxit, no sortir-se'n.
  24. [remedy] no fer efecte.
  25. [hopes] frustrar-se, fondre's.
  26. Finance fer fallida.
  27. University etc. suspendre, ser suspès.
  28. a failed painter un pintor fracassat.
  29. to fail to be elected no sortir elegit.
  30. to fail to win a prize no sortir premiat, no obtenir un premi.
  31. to fail by five votes perdre per cinc vots.

  32. he failed in his duty no va complir amb el seu deure (to someone envers algú).