fiasco

  • 21Fiasco — (Del ital. fiasco.) ► sustantivo masculino Fracaso, chasco o mal resultado, en especial el producido por un suceso inesperado o adverso: ■ empezó a llover y la verbena fue un fiasco. SINÓNIMO decepción ANTÓNIMO éxito logro * * * fiasco (del it.… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 22fiasco — (fi a sko) s. m. Mot italien usité dans cette locution : Faire fiasco, échouer complétement. Le fiasco qu il a fait est complet.    On dit aussi : C est un véritable fiasco, un fiasco complet. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Ital. fiasco, bouteille (dont le… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 23fiasco — fià·sco s.m. AU 1a. grossa bottiglia panciuta col collo allungato rivestita di paglia, o di plastica che la imita: un fiasco di vino; vino a, in fiaschi 1b. il contenuto di un fiasco: bersi un fiasco di chianti 2. TS st.metrol. spec. in Toscana,… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 24fiasco — {{#}}{{LM F17639}}{{〓}} {{SynF18096}} {{[}}fiasco{{]}} ‹fias·co› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Chasco o fracaso: • El concierto al aire libre resultó un fiasco debido a la lluvia.{{○}} {{<}}2{{>}} Fraude o estafa: • fiasco financiero.{{○}}… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 25fiasco — n. 1) to end in a fiasco 2) a complete, total, utter fiasco * * * [fɪ æskəʊ] total utter a complete to end in a fiasco …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 26fiasco — [19] In Italian, a fiasco is literally a ‘bottle’ (the word comes from medieval Latin fiasco, source of English flagon and flask). Its figurative use apparently stems from the phrase far fiasco, literally ‘make a bottle’, used traditionally in… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27fiasco — [[t]fiæ̱skoʊ[/t]] fiascos N COUNT: usu with supp (emphasis) If you describe an event or attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely. The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him... It was a bit of …

    English dictionary

  • 28fiasco — [fɪ askəʊ] noun (plural fiascos) a ludicrous or humiliating failure. Word History Fiasco is an Italian word meaning bottle or flask , and it was briefly used in this sense when it entered English in the 19th century. However, it was taken up more …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29fiasco — [19] In Italian, a fiasco is literally a ‘bottle’ (the word comes from medieval Latin fiasco, source of English flagon and flask). Its figurative use apparently stems from the phrase far fiasco, literally ‘make a bottle’, used traditionally in… …

    Word origins

  • 30fiasco — fi|as|co [fiˈæskəu US kou] n plural fiascoes or fiascos [Date: 1800 1900; : Italian; Origin: (far) fiasco (to make) a bottle, to fail in a performance ] an event that is completely unsuccessful, in a way that is very embarrassing or disappointing …

    Dictionary of contemporary English