noun
fiasco
fee-AS-koh
noun
1
A complete and often embarrassing failure.
"The product launch turned into a total fiasco when the servers crashed."
"Their first attempt at hosting the event was a fiasco from start to finish."
How to Use Fiasco
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA total, often humiliating flop.
Common pairings
a total fiasco
end in fiasco
Word Forms
fiascos plural, fiascoes plural, fiaschi plural, fiasci plural
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Etymology
From Italian fiasco ("bottle, flask"), via the theatrical phrase far fiasco ("to make a bottle"), meaning to flop on stage — the exact origin of the failure sense is debated.