reprovar — meaning in English

English meaning

• fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
• flunk verb To fail a class, test, or course.
• reprobate adj Rejected; cast off as worthless.
• upbraid verb To criticize severely.

Senses

reprovar is used for these senses in English:

• fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
• flunk (ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
• flunk (transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
• reprobate To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.

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.

flunk — full definition

1. verb To fail a class, test, or course.
2. verb To back out of something out of fear.

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