fallimento
failure
noun fal-lee-MEHN-toh Less Common
Origin: from 'fallire' (to fail)
Also means
bankruptcy
Usage Note
Fallimento means both a personal failure and, in legal-financial terms, bankruptcy. The verb fallire likewise splits between 'to fail' and 'to go bankrupt'; context tells you which.
Examples
"L'azienda ha dichiarato fallimento."
Natural Translation
The company declared bankruptcy.
Literal Translation
The-company has declared bankruptcy.
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