catástrofe
Spanish, noun/kaˈtastɾofe/
catástrofe is spelled C-A-T-Á-S-T-R-O-F-E (10 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catástrofe is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “catastrophe, disaster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Suceso desventurado que causa daño y/o altera el orden de las cosas de forma dramática”.
What does catástrofe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatastrophe, disaster
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suceso desventurado que causa daño y/o altera el orden de las cosas de forma dramática. 2. Suceso o persona que causa un sentimiento de decepción de acuerdo a cierta expectativa. 3. Desenlace de una tragedia. 4. Cambio brusco en una función en forma o configuración debido a una alteración pequeña de los parámetros.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of catástrofe
- catástrofes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catástrofe?
- /kaˈtastɾofe/
- [kaˈt̪as.t̪ɾo.fe]
- [kaˈt̪ast̪ɾofe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catástrofe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catástrofe in Spanish?
catástrofe appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).