Bahasa Melayu

menggagalkan

Bahasa Melayu

English

frustrate, foil, cause to fail

Menggagalkan means to prevent something from succeeding.

مڠڬاڬلكن

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Hujan lebat menggagalkan rancangan berkelah mereka.

    Heavy rain foiled their picnic plan.

  2. Langkah keselamatan itu dibuat untuk menggagalkan cubaan mencuri.

    The security steps were taken to frustrate the theft attempt.

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What does “foil” mean in Malay?

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menggagalkan

This entry is the verb for causing a plan to fail.

Word family

Common derived forms

gagal
fail; unsuccessful
kegagalan
failure

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.