suspendir
to suspend
verb soos-pen-DEHR Rare
Origin: Latin suspendere (to hang up)
Also means
to fail (an exam)
Usage Note
Suspender has two very common uses: to suspend or cancel an event (suspender una reunión) and — especially in Spain — to fail a student or an exam (suspender el examen). In Latin America the second sense is more often expressed with reprobar.
Examples
"Suspendí el examen de matemáticas."
Natural Translation
I failed the maths exam.
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