desastre
Spanish, noun/deˈsastɾe/
desastre is spelled D-E-S-A-S-T-R-E (8 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,342nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desastre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “disaster, catastrophe, calamity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Infortunio grande, acontecimiento desafortunado y deplorable”.
What does desastre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedisaster, catastrophe, calamity
El terremoto no fue un revés menor; fue un desastre.
- 2
masculinedisaster, a debacle, a bust
Toda la operación fue un completo desastre. Nunca deberíamos haber desperdiciado tanto tiempo, esfuerzo y recursos en una misión inútil.
- 3
masculinemess, shambles, wreckage
Siento que mi casa esté hecha un desastre ahora mismo.
- 4
colloquialmasculinesomething messed up
Lo que él le hizo a esa pobre mujer es un desastre.
- 5
colloquialmasculinea hot mess, train wreck
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Infortunio grande, acontecimiento desafortunado y deplorable. 2. Dícese de las cosas de mala calidad. 3. Desorden.
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 desastre
- desastres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desastre?
- /deˈsastɾe/
- [d̪eˈsas.t̪ɾe]
- [d̪eˈsast̪ɾe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desastre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desastre in Spanish?
desastre appears 36 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).