propásti to decay, to disintegrate, to fall in ruins, to go to rack and ruin; (trgovec) to go bankrupt; (ne uspeti) to fall through, to prove a failure, to fail, to prove abortive, to miscarry; (pri volitvah) to be unsuccessful, to be rejected
propásti s svojo prošnjo to meet with a refusal
predlog je propadel the motion was rejected
načrt je propadel the project fell through (ali came to naught)
stvar je propadla the thing has fallen through
sedaj smo propadli now we are sunk