Polyglot Dictionary

fracaso

/fɾaˈkaso/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
los fracasos

Meaning

  1. failure

    • El proyecto fue un fracaso.

      The project was a failure.

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

fallo

fallo and fracaso are close synonyms for "failure"; fallo can also mean a specific "mistake" or glitch.

Similar in other languages

German

Misserfolg

Misserfolg is the German word for the same thing — both mean "failure."

Portuguese

falha

falha is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "failure."

Practice

1 What does fracaso mean?

2 Fill the gap: El proyecto fue un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fracaso?

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