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Definition of fallido in Spanish:
fallido
(fallida)
adjective
- 1
Que no da el resultado perseguido o esperado.
después de dos intentos fallidos, el saltador logró superar el listón; se les acusó de haber participado en el fallido golpe de Estado
Origin
Participio del antiguo verbo español fallir 'faltar', 'engañar', 'abandonar', 'pecar', 'morir'; voz patrimonial del latín fallere 'engañar', 'quedar inadvertido'. A la misma familia etimológica latina pertenecen desfallecer, falaz, falible, falla 'defecto', fallar 'tener una cosa algún fallo', 'hacer una persona algo que resulta equivocado', fallecer, fallo 'acción equivocada o defecto' e infalible
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