desastre
See also: désastre
Catalan
Noun
desastre m (plural desastres)
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Middle French
Noun
desastre m (plural desastres)
- disaster
- 1609 Thierry Rolins, Parthenie ou histoire de la tres-auguste et tres-devote Eglise de Chartres:
- Le second desastre d'icelle Eglise, advint encores par feu, l'an 973
- The second disaster for the Church was again by fire, in 973
- Le second desastre d'icelle Eglise, advint encores par feu, l'an 973
- 1609 Thierry Rolins, Parthenie ou histoire de la tres-auguste et tres-devote Eglise de Chartres:
Portuguese
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French desastre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin astrum (“star”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:accent_qualifier at line 157: You must now specify a language code in 1=; alternatively, use the a= param of Template:IPA IPA(key): /de.ˈzas.tɾe/
- Lua error in Module:accent_qualifier at line 157: You must now specify a language code in 1=; alternatively, use the a= param of Template:IPA IPA(key): /dɨ.ˈzaʃ.tɾɨ/
- Hyphenation: de‧sas‧tre
Noun
desastre m (plural s)
- disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:desastre.
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Spanish
Noun
desastre m (plural desastres)
- a disaster, catastrophe, calamity
- El terremoto no fue un revés menor; fue un desastre. ― The earthquake wasn't a minor setback; it was a calamity.
- Sería un desastre si el siguiente genocidio en un país del tercer mundo no es recibido con una respuesta y un plan de acción internacionales.
- It would be a catastrophe if the next genocide in a third world country is not met with an international response and plan of action.
- a disaster, a debacle, a bust
- Toda la operación fue un completo desastre. Nunca deberíamos haber desperdiciado tanto tiempo, esfuerzo y recursos en una misión inútil.
- The whole operation was a complete disaster. We never should have wasted so much time, effort and resources on a fool's errand.
- a mess, shambles, wreckage (figuratively)
- Siento que mi casa esté hecha un desastre ahora mismo. ― I'm sorry that my place is such a mess right now.
- ¡Qué desastre! ― What a mess!
- (figuratively) something messed up (colloquial)
- Lo que él le hizo a esa pobre mujer es un desastre. ― What he did to that poor woman is messed up.
- (figuratively) a hot mess, train wreck (colloquial)
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