flopata — meaning in English

English meaning

• fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
• flop verb To fall or drop down heavily and loosely.

Senses

flopata is used for these senses in English:

• fail (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
• flop (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).

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.

flop — full definition

1. verb To fall or drop down heavily and loosely.
2. verb To fail completely, especially of a film, product, or performance.
3. noun A complete failure.

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