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| Language | Translations for "TO FAIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | خاب. (various references) | |
Chinese | 倒 (bankrupt, inverted, to change, to collapse, to fall, to go home, to pour, to the contrary, to tip, to topple, turn over, upset), 失效 (to lose effectiveness), 失 (to lose, to miss). (various references) | |
Dutch | verstek laten gaan (be absent, be missing), niet verschijnen (to fail to appear), niet op de terechtzitting tegenwoordig zijn (to fail to appear), in gebreke blijven te verschijnen (to fail to appear). (various references) | |
Finnish | olla poissa oikeudesta (to fail to appear), jäädä pois istunnosta (to fail to appear). (various references) | |
French | faire défaut (to fail to appear). (various references) | |
German | scheitern (fail), mißlingen (miscarriage, miscarry). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nem üti meg a mértéket (to fall short of sg), meghibásodik (get out of order), meghiúsul (to be frustrated, to turn out crabs), leromlik, kudarcba fullad (to fall flat, to go awry), elmarad (to fall away, to fall off, to hold off). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mudarat (disadvantage, harm, injury, to miscarry). (various references) | |
Italian | non comparire in giudizio (to fail to appear). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 落ちる (to drop, to fall down). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おちる (to crash, to degenerate, to degrade, to drop, to fall down), ポシャる (to break down), しそこなう (to blunder, to make a mistake, to miss), しそんじる (to blunder, to make a mistake), しくじる (to blunder, to fall through), できそこなう (to be badly made), かかす (to miss), やりそこなう, みすてる (to abandon, to desert), はたんをきたす (to be ruined, to go bankrupt), だめになる (to be unsuccessful). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay ailfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | não comparecer em juízo (to fail to appear). (various references) | |
Swedish | utebli (stay away). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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