How to pronounce fiasco
American English pronunciation
fee-AS-koh
- IPA
- /fiˈæskoʊ/
- Syllables
- fee · AS · koh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What fiasco means
Something that goes totally wrong
In a sentence: The cake fell on the floor, and the party turned into a fiasco.
Where it comes from: In Italian it means a bottle. People there said a flop "made a bottle," but nobody knows why.
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