Fail in Malayalam
To fail, in the sense of being beaten or losing out, is തോല്ക്കുക (tholkkuka) in Malayalam. It covers losing a match, losing an argument and failing to manage something. The double kk is held and the opening th is dental.
Most common translation
Fail, be defeated, lose in a contest.
ഇന്നത്തെ കളിയിൽ ഞങ്ങൾ തോല്ക്കില്ല.
innathe kaliyil njangal tholkkilla.
We will not lose the game today.
All Malayalam words for “fail”
- തോല്ക്കുക (tholkkuka) — Fail, be defeated, lose in a contest.
- തോക്കുക (thokkuka) — Fail, be defeated.
- പാളുക (paaluka) — Slip, slide, slink, miss the aim, fail.
- പൊട്ടുക (pottuka) — Break, burst, shatter, fail, sprout.
- മടങ്ങുക (madanguka) — Bend, return, fail.
- തോൽക്കുക (tholkkuka) — Lose, be defeated, fail to win a game or contest.
- മറക്കുക (marakkuka) — To forget, to fail to remember, to leave behind by mistake; forgot; the past form of forget, to have failed to remember or to have left behind.
- സ്തംഭിക്കുക (sthambhikkuka) — Cease, stupefy, fail to work, standstill.
തോല്ക്കുക is the standard verb, with തോക്കുക as a variant spelling. പാളുക is to miss the aim, പൊട്ടുക to burst or break, മടങ്ങുക to turn back, and സ്തംഭിക്കുക for a machine or a process that fails to work.
Common questions
How do you say fail in Malayalam?
തോല്ക്കുക (tholkkuka).
Which word fits a machine that failed?
സ്തംഭിക്കുക, which describes something coming to a standstill or ceasing to work.