avaria — meaning in English

English meaning

• breakdown noun A failure, especially of a machine or vehicle.
• crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
• damage noun Harm or injury that reduces the value, soundness, or usefulness of something.
• glitch noun A small, usually temporary problem or fault, especially in a machine, computer, or software.

Senses

avaria is used for these senses in English:

• breakdown (countable) A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
• crash (computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
• damage Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

breakdown — full definition

1. noun A failure, especially of a machine or vehicle.
2. noun A sudden decline in someone's mental or physical health, often preventing normal functioning.
3. noun A detailed analysis showing the separate parts of something.

crash — full definition

1. noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
2. noun A sudden failure of a computer program or system.
3. noun A sudden, sharp fall in the value of stocks, currency, or other assets.
4. verb To collide violently, or (of a vehicle) to be involved in an accident.
5. verb To stop working suddenly (of a computer or program).

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