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falhar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  • crash noun A violent collision, especially involving a vehicle.
  • fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
  • miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.

Senses

falhar is used for these senses in English:

  • crash (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate or halt execution due to an exception.
  • fail (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
  • fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
  • fall (intransitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
  • founder (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
  • miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

break — full definition

  1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
  3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
  4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
  5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

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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