"fail" meaning in All languages combined

See fail on Wiktionary

Verb [Inglés]

IPA: /feɪl/, /fæɪl/ [Australia, New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-fail.ogg
Forms: failing [impersonal, gerund], failed [impersonal, participle], failest [indicative, present, archaic], fails [third-person, singular, indicative, present], faileth [third-person, singular, indicative, present, archaic], failed [first-person, indicative, preterite], failed [indicative, preterite], failedst [indicative, preterite, archaic], failed [third-person, singular, indicative, preterite], failed [third-person, plural, indicative, preterite], have failed [first-person, indicative, compound, past], have failed [indicative, compound, past], has failed [third-person, singular, indicative, compound, past], have failed [third-person, plural, indicative, compound, past], had failed [first-person, indicative, pluperfect], had failed [indicative, pluperfect], had failed [third-person, singular, indicative, pluperfect], had failed [third-person, plural, indicative, pluperfect], will fail [first-person, indicative, future], will fail [indicative, future], will fail [third-person, singular, indicative, future], will fail [third-person, plural, indicative, future], will have failed [first-person, indicative, future, compound], will have failed [indicative, future, compound], will have failed [third-person, singular, indicative, future, compound], will have failed [third-person, plural, indicative, future, compound], would fail [first-person, conditional], would fail [second-person, conditional], would fail [third-person, singular, conditional], would fail [third-person, plural, conditional], would have failed [first-person, conditional, compound], would have failed [second-person, conditional, compound], would have failed [third-person, singular, conditional, compound], would have failed [third-person, plural, conditional, compound], failed [first-person, subjunctive, preterite], failed [second-person, subjunctive, preterite], failed [third-person, singular, subjunctive, preterite], failed [third-person, plural, subjunctive, preterite], let's fail [third-person, plural, imperative, present]
  1. Fracasar, fallar.
    Sense id: es-fail-en-verb-bvU4i~a8
  2. Reprobar.
    Sense id: es-fail-en-verb-Ql7AkUnj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): EN:Lemas, EN:Palabras de etimología sin precisar, EN:Palabras monosílabas, EN:Verbos, EN:Verbos regulares, Inglés, Lemas

Inflected forms

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