Fallo in english
Failure
pronunciation: feɪljɜr part of speech: noun
pronunciation: feɪljɜr part of speech: noun
In gestures
fallar1 = fail ; falter ; misfire ; derail ; crash ; backfire ; come + unstuck.
Example: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.Example: The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.Example: While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results.Example: When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well = When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well.Example: Our computer crashed, the motherboard died, taking along with her the hard drive.Example: While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.Example: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.more:
» empezar a fallar = be on the blink .
Example: We have all been there: a flat tire on the way to work, a power outage that puts the refrigerator on the blink -- life simply has a way of throwing a wrench into the works.» no falla = reliable .
Example: Computers are reliable, and less prone to error provided they are instructed or programmed appropriately and correctly.» sin fallar = without fail .
Example: Without fail, every time the roosters crowed in the morning, the sun rose afterwards.» si no me falla la memoria = if (my) memory serves me right ; if (my) memory doesn't fail me .
Example: If memory serves me right this is not the first death on this crossing. Example: If my memory doesn't fail me, I think I used 2 tablespoons of the dried herb to 4 cups of boiling water which I allowed to steep for 30 minutes.» si no + Pronombre + fallar la memoria = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection .
Example: This is a wholly truthful account of her various discoveries and misadventures recounted, to the best of her recollection, in four parts.fallar2 = pass + judgement.
Example: Judge Peter Moss allowed him one final chance to prove he could comply with the terms before he passed judgement on the latest offence.more:
» fallar a favor de = rule in + favour of .
Example: An U.S. Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of scores of Chrysler dealers who were terminated during Chrysler's 2009 bankruptcy.» fallar en contra de = rule against .
Example: A jury has ruled against a New York woman who sued her young nephew for hugging her too hard.fallo1 = breakdown ; failing ; failure ; fault ; flaw ; malfunction ; pitfall ; slip ; dysfunction ; miss ; crash ; slip-up ; error ; weakness ; drawback.
Example: Moreover, it would have been subject to frequent breakdown, for at that time and long after complexity and unreliability were synonymous.Example: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.Example: DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.Example: Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.Example: The author lists 10 advantages of procuring the journals through STC, but counterbalances these by listing 14 flaws in the corporation's organisation.Example: All users are charged direct search costs plus an overhead for each request to allow for indirect costs (labour, hardware, software, training, system malfunction).Example: Nevertheless, it is worth drawing a comparison between them so that menu-based information retrieval systems might avoid some of the pitfalls of traditional classification.Example: Put a set of premises into such a device and turn the crank, and it will readily pass out conclusion after conclusion with no more slips that would be expected of a keyboard adding machine.Example: Dysfunctions in performance were chiefly attributable to user failure to locate books (bad signposting and disappearance of stock through theft).Example: But the costs that I've seen so far aren't worth it for what it gets for our patrons, that is, the number of misses we can afford compared to the costs of making sure people don't miss.Example: In addition, programmers may not always anticipate all the mistakes which can be made, and so crashes occur anyway, though under more limited circumstances.Example: Minor slip-ups are things like - your fly is undone while giving a presentation, you accidentally let out an audible burp at a work luncheon, wardrobe malfunctions, you pass gas.Example: Computers are reliable, and less prone to error provided they are instructed or programmed appropriately and correctly.Example: The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.Example: The drawbacks of this form are its limited flexibility, and the time taken in maintenance.more:
» a prueba de fallos = fail-safe .
Example: The technical safeguards available are not fail-safe.» arreglar un fallo = fix + a fault .
Example: The library staff involved in the day to day running of the library may be called upon quite often to fix certain minor faults or clear up problems and misunderstandings on the part of the user.» cometer un fallo = make + a mistake ; commit + an error ; make + an error ; be caught out ; slip up .
Example: When mistakes have been made in invoicing or in paying a vendor, a credit or debit note is issued. Example: Let us perform a simple thought experiment: assume that a cataloger has committed a simple transposition error and transcribed YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER as YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. Example: This has been taken a step further by using a screen editor to 'prevent the human indexer or coder from making syntactic errors in the first place'. Example: All librarians can tell tales of being caught out in this way, to learn of their error only when the answer has been produced: information on dance-halls when dinosaurs was asked for, or on the grey starling when something on Grace Darling was what was wanted = Todos los bibliotecarios pueden contar historias de cuando han metido la pata de este modo para aprender del error sólo cuando se ha producido la respuesta: información sobre los salones de baile cuando se preguntaba por los dinosaurios, o sobre el estornino gris cuando se quería algo sobre Grace Darling. Example: He knew that if he slipped up again, he could be shipped to a higher-security prison and lose many of his privileges.» detectar un fallo = detect + fault .
Example: Some knowledge of mechanics will also make it easier to detect faults and to discuss them sensibly when a mechanic has to be called in = Además, cierto conocimiento de mecánica hará que sea más fácil detectar los fallos y discutirlos con sensatez cuando haya que llamar a un mecánico.» fallo cardíaco = heart attack ; heart failure .
Example: He'll get an ulcer or a heart attack if he doesn't watch out. Example: The range of medical emergencies can include heart failure, airway blockage, epileptic fits, lacerations and other types of serious injury.» fallo de encendido = misfire .
Example: During a seizure episode, an affected dog will suddenly appear to go stiff, as a misfire of electrical impulses in the brain send mixed-up messages to the muscular system.» fallo de vestuario = wardrobe malfunction [Eufemismo utilizado para describir la situación en la que accidentalmente una persona revela alguna parte íntima de su cuerpo debido a un defecto de la vestimenta que lleva ] .
Example: Minor slip-ups are things like - your fly is undone while giving a presentation, you accidentally let out an audible burp at a work luncheon, wardrobe malfunctions, you pass gas.» fallo mecánico = machine failure .
Example: Supplement 1 contains a list of machine failures = El suplemento 1 contiene una lista de fallos mecánicos.» sin fallos = flawlessly .
Example: Overall the drive was judged to perform flawlessly and well beyond what was expected by the reviewer.» tener fallos = be flawed .
Example: A small but signifiant portion of the scientific literature is being flawed by the appearance of fraudulently produced research.fallo2 = ruling ; judgement [judgment] ; sentence ; verdict.
Example: Most troublingly, the Court has run roughshod over important legal precedents, not just in its ruling in January but in many other decisions.Example: Enter a judgement and other judicial decisions of a court in a case under the heading for the court.Example: Probation officers are required by magistrate's courts to make sentence recommendations for some offenders.Example: A verdict of the Department of Education and Science has stated that librarians in future will have to be graduates only.more:
» emitir + Posesivo + fallo = pass + sentence .
Example: A judge was overcome with emotion in court as he passed sentence over the death of a young father.» fallo judicial = legal ruling .
Example: Women throughout Iran are protesting a legal ruling forbidding them from riding bicycles in public -- by riding their bikes in public.