fracasar
/fɾakaˈsaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to fail, flop, lose
Fracasar = fracas: from Italian fracassare, to smash to pieces
English fracas (a noisy brawl) comes from the same Italian verb, fracassare, to shatter. A plan that fracasa is smashed to bits: it fails or flops. Related nouns: el fracaso (a failure) and fracasado (a failure, said of a person).