Monday, September 22, 2008

Keyword – falhanço

FALHANÇO, the act or effect of failing; being unsuccessful; mistake; defeat; fiasco

failure, lack of success, act of failing
a person attempt that fails
«As a writer he was a complete failure»
the non-performance or non-production of something
«She died of heart failure»

fiasco, a complete failure of something planned

mistake, something done wrongly or that should not have been done; to think wrongly that

Sources: Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa, Temas e Debates
Dictionary of English and Culture, Longman

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