reprobar
reprobar
reprobar(
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bahr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to censure)
a. to condemn
La sociedad reprueba cada vez más los delitos de tipo económico.Society condemns crimes of an economic nature more and more.
2. (to not pass) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
El profesor de matemáticas reprobó a media clase.Our math teacher failed half of us.
b. to flunk (colloquial) (a subject or a student) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
Aprobé química pero reprobé biología.I passed chemistry but I flunked biology.
reprobartransitive verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (desaprobar)
a. to censure, to condemn
2. (estudiante, examen) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
a. to fail
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