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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fracassare. Compare English fracas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɾakaˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fra‧ca‧sar
Verb
fracasar (first-person singular present fracaso, first-person singular preterite fracasé, past participle fracasado)
- (intransitive) to fail, flop, lose
- fracasar en algo ― to fail at something
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) to break into pieces
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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