Significado
To be unsuccessful in completing an assigned duty.
Contexto cultural
In high-stakes environments like Dubai or Riyadh, 'أخفق' is used in official reports to maintain a level of professional distance and objectivity. In Lebanon or Syria, failure in a 'mission' (like a marriage proposal or a business deal) is often discussed using 'ما مشي الحال' informally, but 'أخفق' is reserved for the evening news. Egyptian talk shows often use 'أخفق' when criticizing government policies or football team performances to sound more authoritative. In Morocco and Tunisia, administrative Arabic is very formal and heavily uses 'أخفق' in legal and state documents.
Use it in Interviews
When asked about a weakness, use 'أخفقت في مهمة' to describe a specific professional event. It sounds objective and shows you take your work seriously.
Don't forget the 'Fī'
Without the preposition 'في', the sentence is grammatically incomplete. Always pair them.
Significado
To be unsuccessful in completing an assigned duty.
Use it in Interviews
When asked about a weakness, use 'أخفقت في مهمة' to describe a specific professional event. It sounds objective and shows you take your work seriously.
Don't forget the 'Fī'
Without the preposition 'في', the sentence is grammatically incomplete. Always pair them.
Softening the Blow
If you want to be extra polite, say 'لم يُوفق في المهمة' (He was not granted success in the mission) instead of 'أخفق'.
Ponte a prueba
Fill in the missing preposition.
أخفق القائد ____ مهمة توحيد الجيش.
The verb 'أخفق' always takes the preposition 'في'.
Which sentence is the most appropriate for a news report?
The government failed to reduce taxes.
'أخفقت في مهمة' is the standard formal journalistic style.
Match the verb to the context.
1. Failing an exam | 2. Failing a military mission | 3. Forgetting bread
'رسب' is for exams, 'أخفق' for missions, and 'نسي' for simple forgetting.
Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verb.
المدير: لماذا لم يكتمل المشروع؟ الموظف: للأسف، ____ في مهمة جمع البيانات.
The employee is speaking on behalf of the team (we failed).
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Ayudas visuales
Banco de ejercicios
4 ejerciciosأخفق القائد ____ مهمة توحيد الجيش.
The verb 'أخفق' always takes the preposition 'في'.
The government failed to reduce taxes.
'أخفقت في مهمة' is the standard formal journalistic style.
1. Failing an exam | 2. Failing a military mission | 3. Forgetting bread
'رسب' is for exams, 'أخفق' for missions, and 'نسي' for simple forgetting.
المدير: لماذا لم يكتمل المشروع؟ الموظف: للأسف، ____ في مهمة جمع البيانات.
The employee is speaking on behalf of the team (we failed).
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Preguntas frecuentes
5 preguntasNo, 'فشل' is actually stronger and more personal. 'أخفق' is more specific to a task.
Yes, it is very common in sports journalism to say a team failed in their mission to win.
The noun is 'إخفاق' (Ikhfāq), meaning 'failure' or 'setback'.
Yes, 'أخفق النظام في معالجة البيانات' (The system failed to process the data) is correct.
The root 'خفق' is not used in this specific 'failure' sense in the Quran, but it appears in Hadith and classical literature.
Frases relacionadas
باء بالفشل
synonymTo end in failure
لم يحالفه الحظ
similarLuck was not on his side
كلل بالنجاح
contrastCrowned with success
أنجز المهمة
contrastAccomplished the mission
