failure

Catalan translation: fracassos

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English term or phrase:failures
Catalan translation:fracassos

15:03 Dec 5, 2011
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English to Catalan translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: failure
Through the history of the past fifty years in (...), there have been many failures.
Norma Passar (X)
Spain
Local time: 16:25
fracassos
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Sense més context, diria que aquesta és l'opció més encertada.

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Montse Ballesteros
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Local time: 16:25
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3fracassos
Montse Ballesteros
3 +1fracàs
Blanca BC
4deficiència
RaquelMòdol
3fallides
flawlessly


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fracàs


Explanation:
Una opció, però depèn del context...

Blanca BC
Spain
Local time: 16:25
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RaquelMòdol: Sí, s'ha de conservar el singular del terme entrat. Norma, ens caldria però el context del (...).;-)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fracassos


Explanation:
Sense més context, diria que aquesta és l'opció més encertada.

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Montse

Montse Ballesteros
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Local time: 16:25
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
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agree  Judith Payro
1 hr
  -> Moltes gràcies, Judith!

agree  Miriam Perez Mariano: Correcte! Salutacions cordials des d'Alemanya :-)
2 hrs
  -> Moltes gràcies, Miriam!

agree  Cristina Casas Peregrina
2 days 22 hrs
  -> Moltes gràcies, Cristina!
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fallides


Explanation:
Una altra opció, però sense context és realment difícil encertar-hi.

flawlessly
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
deficiència


Explanation:
Sona com si es tractés d'un país... si ens donessis el context del (...) sabríem si es refereix a *deficiència* (de gestió, govern > "power failure"), *pèrdua* (de collita> "crop failure"), *fallida* (mecànica >"engine failure")... Bé, ja ens diràs.
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    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/failure
RaquelMòdol
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Local time: 16:25
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
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