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fail-safe

/ˈfeɪ.l.seɪf/

Translation

adj
de seguridad
a prueba de fallos
a fail-safe system
un sistema a prueba de fallos
infalible
a fail-safe plan
un plan infalible
(Definition of fail-safe adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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