fallar — meaning in English

English meaning

• award noun A prize or honour given for merit or achievement.
• fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
• miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.

Senses

fallar is used for these senses in English:

• award (transitive, legal) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
• fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
• miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

award — full definition

1. noun A prize or honour given for merit or achievement.
2. verb To officially give someone a prize, sum of money, or other benefit as the result of a decision.

fail — full definition

1. verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
2. verb To stop working correctly, as of a machine or system.
3. verb To let someone down by not meeting their expectations or needs.
4. noun Informal: an instance of failure or something that turns out badly.

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