noun · rare

fiasco

fiasco · fiascos · fiascoes

фиаско

Fiasko

A sudden or unexpected failureA sudden or unexpected failure.

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UK/fiˈæs.kəʊ/US/fiˈæs.koʊ/

» What a fiasco!

Какое фиаско!

Яке фіаско!

Meaning

3 senses

A sudden or unexpected failure.
The event turned into a complete fiasco when the power went out.
His speech was a fiasco that left the audience confused.
a sudden and violent collapse
A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
Fiasko
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A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Examples

16 sentences

What a fiasco!
Яке фіаско! — deniko
ruКакое фиаско! — marafon
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We'll never live this fiasco down.
deWir werden über dieses Fiasko nicht hinwegkommen. — Tamy
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It was an embarrassing fiasco.
ruЭто было постыдное фиаско. — odexed
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It was utter fiasco.
Це було повним фіаско. — deniko
ruЭто было полным фиаско. — nina99nv
deEs war das reinste Fiasko. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Sami's burglary was a huge fiasco.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

ludicrous or humiliating situation:

Русский

By meaning 1

ludicrous or humiliating situation:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

ludicrous or humiliating situation:

Origin

Borrowed from Italian fiasco (“bottle, flask”), from Late Latin flasca, flascō (“bottle, c

Borrowed from Italian fiasco (“bottle, flask”), from Late Latin flasca, flascō (“bottle, container”), from Frankish *flaskā (“bottle, flask”) from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”); see flask.

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