desastre

desastre m (plural desastres)

1. disaster

• desastrós

desastre m (plural desastres)

1. 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

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.

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ˈzas.tɾe/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ˈzaʃ.tɾɨ/
• Hyphenation: de‧sas‧tre

desastre m (plural desastres)

1. disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:desastre.

• catástrofe, desgraça, acidente, cataclismo, tragédia

• desastrado
• desastroso

desastre m (plural desastres)

1. disaster

• catástrofe

• desastroso