desastroso
Portuguese, adjective/de.zasˈtɾo.zu/
desastroso is spelled D-E-S-A-S-T-R-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desastroso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “disastrous (being a disaster)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que causa ou constitui um desastre; funesto, infeliz”.
What does desastroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disastrous (being a disaster)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que causa ou constitui um desastre; funesto, infeliz
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 desastroso
- desastrosa feminine
- desastrosos masculine plural
- desastrosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desastroso?
- Brazil /de.zasˈtɾo.zu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zasˈtɾo.zu/
- Portugal /dɨ.zɐʃ.ˈtɾo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desastroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desastroso in Portuguese?
desastroso appears 1.5 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).