reprobar
/repɾoˈbaɾ/ verb B2- to condemn, disapprove, reprove · reprobamos la violencia we condemn the violence· reprueban su papel they disapprove of her role
- to flunk, fail (to pass an exam, course etc.) · Paco reprobó el examen. Paco flunked the exam.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- reprobar
- Gerund
- reprobando
- Past participle
- reprobado
- Present (yo)
- repruebo
- Preterite (yo)
- reprobé
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
Para ingresar a la clase de primer año de latín, debí rendir un impalpable examen de gramática castellana, en el que fuí ignominiosamente reprobado por la mesa compuesta de Minos, Eaco y Radamanto, bajo la forma de Larsen, Gigena y el doctor Tobal.
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