reprobar

v.

1 to censure, to condemn.

2 to fail. (Latin American Spanish)

María reprobó matemáticas Anna failed mathematics.

3 to reprove, to criticize, to be against, to disapprove of.

Ellos reprueban a Ricardo They reprove Richard.

4 to flunk, to fail in classes, to flop.

Ricardo reprobó en Ciencias Richard flunked in Science.

La maestra reprueba a María The teacher flunks Mary.

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reprobar

Conjugation model [CONTAR], like {{link=contar}}contar

► verbo transitivo

1 (cosa) to condemn; (persona) to reprove, reproach, censure

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VT

1) (=desaprobar) to reprove, condemn

2) LAm (Escol) (=suspender) to fail

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verbo transitivo

1) <actitud/conducta> to condemn

repruebo el favoritismo — I disapprove of any kind of favoritism

2) (AmL) <estudiante> to fail; <materia/curso> to fail

me reprobaron en física — I failed physics

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= chastise, reprove, reproach, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, blame, condemn.

Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.

Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.

Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.

Ex. After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.

Ex. We can blame the new technologies for the abuse of the users and time, but that is not the case at all.

Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

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verbo transitivo

1) <actitud/conducta> to condemn

repruebo el favoritismo — I disapprove of any kind of favoritism

2) (AmL) <estudiante> to fail; <materia/curso> to fail

me reprobaron en física — I failed physics

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= chastise, reprove, reproach, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, blame, condemn.

Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.

Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.

Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.

Ex: After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.

Ex: We can blame the new technologies for the abuse of the users and time, but that is not the case at all.

Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

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reprobar [A10 ]

vt

A ‹acción/actitud/conducta› to condemn

¿quién soy yo para reprobarte? who am I to reproach o condemn you?

repruebo todo tipo de favoritismo I disapprove of any kind of favoritism

B (AmL) ‹estudiante› to fail; ‹materia/curso› to fail

me reprobaron en física I failed physics

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reprobar (conjugate reprobar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹actitud/conducta› to condemn

b) (AmL) ‹estudiante/materia/curso› to fail;

◊ me reprobaron en física I failed physics

reprobar verbo transitivo to condemn, disapprove
'reprobar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
censurar
- condenar
- desaprobar
English:
fail

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reprobar vt

1. [desaprobar] to censure, to condemn

2. Am [estudiante, examen] to fail

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reprobar

v/t

1 comportamiento, actitud condemn

2 L.Am.

EDU fail

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reprobar {19} vt

1) desaprobar: to condemn, to disapprove of

2) : to fail (a course)