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bocciatura

failure

noun boh-chah-TOO-rah Rare

Also means

rejection

Usage Note

Bocciatura refers to failing an exam or being rejected — especially failing a school year in Italy's education system, where students can be held back (bocciato). In broader use it means any formal rejection, e.g. of a proposal. The plural is regular: le bocciature.

Examples

"La bocciatura lo ha deluso molto."

Natural Translation

The failure disappointed him greatly.

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