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See also: désastre
Catalan
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[edit]Nomen
[edit]desastre m (plural desastres)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desastre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “desastre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “desastre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “desastre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
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[edit]desastre m (plural desastres)
- disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
Derived terms
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[edit]- “desastre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Middle French
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[edit]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
Occitan
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[edit]desastre m (plural desastres)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Pronunciation
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Nomen
[edit]desastre m (plural desastres)
- disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
- Synonyms: catástrofe, desgraça, acidente, cataclismo, tragédia
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:desastre.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desastre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
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[edit]Borrowed from Occitan desastre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Nomen
[edit]desastre m (plural desastres)
- disaster, catastrophe, calamity
- Synonym: catástrofe
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desastre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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