Polyglot Dictionary

desastre

/deˈsastɾe/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
los desastres

Meaning

  1. disaster

    • Fue un desastre.

      It was a disaster.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

siniestro

desastre and siniestro are close synonyms for "disaster"; siniestro also separately means "accident," specifically an insurance claim event.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

desastre

desastre is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "disaster."

Practice

1 What does desastre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Fue un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches desastre?

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