How to Pronounce "fiasco"
word
/fiˈæskoʊ/
fee-AS-koh
/fɪˈæs.kəʊ/
fi-AS-koh
Definition
A fiasco is a complete and embarrassing failure, especially something planned that goes wrong in a dramatic or public way.
IPA Transcription
American English
/fiˈæskoʊ/
British English
/fɪˈæs.kəʊ/
Simplified Pronunciation
US
fee-AS-koh
UK
fi-AS-koh
Listen in Context
The school play was a fiasco.
The dinner turned into a fiasco after the oven broke.
Her surprise party was a fiasco because no one showed up.
What a fiasco—everything that could go wrong, did!