desastre
See also: désastre
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
desastre m (plural desastres)
Derived terms
- desastrat
- desastrós
Related terms
- desastruc
Further reading
- “desastre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “desastre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈsastɾe/ [d̪eˈs̺as̺.t̪ɾɪ]
- Rhymes: -astɾe
- Hyphenation: de‧sas‧tre
Noun
desastre m (plural desastres)
- disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “desastre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “desastre” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
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
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn): (file)
Noun
desastre m (plural desastres)
Portuguese
Etymology
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈzas.tɾi/, /d͡ʒiˈzas.tɾi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deˈzaʃ.tɾi/, /d͡ʒiˈzaʃ.tɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈzas.tɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨˈzaʃ.tɾɨ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈd͡zaʃ.tɾɨ/
- Hyphenation: de‧sas‧tre
Noun
desastre m (plural desastres)
- disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)
- Synonyms: catástrofe, desgraça, acidente, cataclismo, tragédia
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:desastre.
Related terms
Further reading
- “desastre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan desastre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈsastɾe/ [d̪eˈsas.t̪ɾe]
- Rhymes: -astɾe
- Syllabification: de‧sas‧tre
Noun
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.
- (figuratively) mess, shambles, wreckage
- 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, colloquial) something messed up
- Lo que él le hizo a esa pobre mujer es un desastre.
- What he did to that poor woman is messed up.
- (figuratively, colloquial) a hot mess, train wreck
Derived terms
Further reading
- “desastre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024