catástrofe
Portuguese, noun/kaˈtas.tɾo.fi/
catástrofe is spelled C-A-T-Á-S-T-R-O-F-E (10 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catástrofe is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “catastrophe, disaster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acontecimento desastroso de grandes proporções, geralmente relacionado a fenômenos naturais”.
What does catástrofe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatastrophe, disaster
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. acontecimento desastroso de grandes proporções, geralmente relacionado a fenômenos naturais 2. acontecimento funesto e decisivo que, na tragédia clássica, provocava o desenlace da ação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of catástrofe
- catástrofes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catástrofe?
- Brazil /kaˈtas.tɾo.fi/
- /kaˈtaʃ.tɾo.fi/
- Portugal /kɐˈtaʃ.tɾu.fɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
catástrofe appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).