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1 désastre
désastre [dezastʀ]masculine noun* * *dezastʀnom masculin ( tous contextes) disaster* * *dezastʀ nm* * *désastre nm ( tous contextes) disaster; désastre écologique/économique/électoral environmental/economic/electoral disaster; mesurer l'ampleur or l'étendue du désastre to assess the extent of the disaster.[dezastr] nom masculin -
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m.1 disaster.su madre es un desastre her mother is hopeless¡vaya desastre! what a shambles!2 mess, bad job.* * *1 (catástrofe) disaster, catastrophe2 familiar (calamidad) disaster, flop■ es un desastre de mujer she's a dead loss, she's a hopeless case* * *noun m.* * *SM disaster¡qué desastre! — how awful!
soy un desastre dibujando — I'm terrible o hopeless at drawing
es un desastre de hombre — * he's a dead loss *
* * *a) ( catástrofe) disasterb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) disaster* * *= disaster, debacle, calamity.Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.Ex. But out of that debacle came a highly successful international scientific endeavor.Ex. His doctrine that even venial wrongdoing is worse than any natural calamity implies that we ought to refrain from such wrongdoing even if calamity results.----* camino seguro al desastre = blueprint for disaster.* desastre biológico = biological disaster.* desastre económico = financial disaster, economic disaster.* desastre mecánico = mechanical disaster.* desastre natural = natural disaster, natural calamity.* desastre provocado por el hombre = man-made disaster.* desastre químico = chemical disaster.* estar hecho un desastre = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.* fórmula para el desastre = blueprint for disaster.* hecho un desastre = in shambles, like the wreck of the Hesperus, upside down.* ir hecho un desastre = look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus.* planificación contra desastres = disaster planning, disaster preparedness plan, disaster preparedness planning.* preparación contra desastres = disaster preparedness.* ser un desastre = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.* * *a) ( catástrofe) disasterb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) disaster* * *= disaster, debacle, calamity.Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
Ex: But out of that debacle came a highly successful international scientific endeavor.Ex: His doctrine that even venial wrongdoing is worse than any natural calamity implies that we ought to refrain from such wrongdoing even if calamity results.* camino seguro al desastre = blueprint for disaster.* desastre biológico = biological disaster.* desastre económico = financial disaster, economic disaster.* desastre mecánico = mechanical disaster.* desastre natural = natural disaster, natural calamity.* desastre provocado por el hombre = man-made disaster.* desastre químico = chemical disaster.* estar hecho un desastre = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a mess.* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.* fórmula para el desastre = blueprint for disaster.* hecho un desastre = in shambles, like the wreck of the Hesperus, upside down.* ir hecho un desastre = look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus.* planificación contra desastres = disaster planning, disaster preparedness plan, disaster preparedness planning.* preparación contra desastres = disaster preparedness.* ser un desastre = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.* * *1 (catástrofe) disaster2 ( fam) (uso hiperbólico) disasterel partido fue un verdadero desastre the game was an absolute disastercocinando soy un verdadero desastre I'm a real disaster o I'm hopeless when it comes to cooking ( colloq)como cantante es un desastre he's a hopeless singertienes la habitación hecha un desastre your room is a shambles o is a real disaster area o looks as though a bomb has hit it ( colloq)siempre va hecha un desastre she always goes around looking a real mess o sight ( colloq)* * *
desastre sustantivo masculino
disaster;
tienes la habitación hecha un desastre your room is a shambles;
vas hecha un desastre you look a real mess (colloq)
desastre sustantivo masculino
1 (desgracia, catástrofe) disaster: el libro narra los desastres de la guerra, the book is about war-time disasters
2 fig fam tu padre es un desastre, your father's just hopeless
3 fam (de mala calidad, mal organizado) el concierto fue un verdadero desastre, the concert was a complete flop
' desastre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabose
- calamidad
- escabechina
- organización
- proporción
- sentimental
- sumar
- total
- zafarrancho
- descalabro
- ecológico
English:
dead loss
- disaster
- disastrous
- loss
- shambles
- strike
- unmitigated
- utter
- washout
- absolute
- disaster area
- holocaust
- hopeless
- mess
- responsibility
- wash
- way
* * *desastre nm1. [catástrofe] disasterdesastre aéreo air disaster;desastre ecológico ecological disaster2. [persona inútil] disaster;su madre es un desastre her mother is hopeless;soy un desastre para los negocios I'm hopeless at business;es un desastre contando chistes he's useless at telling jokesfue un desastre de fiesta the party was a flop;estar hecho un desastre [roto, sucio, desordenado] to be a real disaster, to be in a mess;el mundo está hecho un desastre the world's in a complete mess;vas hecho un desastre, arréglate un poco you look a right mess, tidy yourself up a bit;¡vaya desastre! what a shambles!* * *m tb figdisaster;ser un desastre fig fam be a disaster fam* * *desastre nmcatástrofe: disaster* * *desastre n disaster -
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spa catástrofe (f), desastre (m)eng disaster, catastrophe -
4 desastre
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5 desastre
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6 desastre
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8 desastre ecológico
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9 desastre natural
m.natural disaster, act of God.* * *(n.) = natural disaster, natural calamityEx. There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.Ex. In a world suffering from conflict, natural calamities, gender discrimination and other causes of marginalisation, we need urgent and concerted action.* * *(n.) = natural disaster, natural calamityEx: There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.
Ex: In a world suffering from conflict, natural calamities, gender discrimination and other causes of marginalisation, we need urgent and concerted action.* * *natural disaster -
10 desastre biológico
(n.) = biological disasterEx. He describes the causes of deterioration, which include biological, chemical, mechanical and natural disasters.* * *(n.) = biological disasterEx: He describes the causes of deterioration, which include biological, chemical, mechanical and natural disasters.
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11 desastre económico
(n.) = financial disaster, economic disasterEx. The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.Ex. The article 'Biting the Bullet on Education' discusses the crisis in science education which reflects larger educational problems and signals a possible economic disaster.* * *(n.) = financial disaster, economic disasterEx: The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.
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12 desastre mecánico
(n.) = mechanical disasterEx. He describes the causes of deterioration, which include biological, chemical, mechanical and natural disasters.* * *(n.) = mechanical disasterEx: He describes the causes of deterioration, which include biological, chemical, mechanical and natural disasters.
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13 desastre provocado por el hombre
(n.) = man-made disasterEx. Man-made disasters cost the most in terms of human suffering, loss of life and long-term damage to a country's economy.* * *(n.) = man-made disasterEx: Man-made disasters cost the most in terms of human suffering, loss of life and long-term damage to a country's economy.
Spanish-English dictionary > desastre provocado por el hombre
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14 desastre químico
(n.) = chemical disasterEx. He describes the causes of deterioration, which include biological, chemical, mechanical and natural disasters.* * *(n.) = chemical disaster -
15 desastre de mujer
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16 desastre natural
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17 desastre total
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18 camino seguro al desastre
(n.) = blueprint for disasterEx. This was a blueprint for disaster but it is turning around.* * *(n.) = blueprint for disasterEx: This was a blueprint for disaster but it is turning around.
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19 estar hecho un desastre
(v.) = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a messEx. Showing up looking like a wreck when the other waitresses can manage to look presentable isn't the smartest form of rebellion against the dress code.Ex. While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.Ex. You might get some funny looks if you turn up looking like the wreck of the Hesperus, but other than that, you're grand as far as I know.Ex. We eventually arrived all looking like we'd been dragged through a hedge backwards and in desperate need of sleep so we grabbed the first taxi we saw.Ex. The economy is really in a mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.* * *(v.) = look like + a wreck, be a shambles, look like + the wreck of the Hesperus, look like + drag + through a hedge backwards, be (in) a messEx: Showing up looking like a wreck when the other waitresses can manage to look presentable isn't the smartest form of rebellion against the dress code.
Ex: While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years.Ex: You might get some funny looks if you turn up looking like the wreck of the Hesperus, but other than that, you're grand as far as I know.Ex: We eventually arrived all looking like we'd been dragged through a hedge backwards and in desperate need of sleep so we grabbed the first taxi we saw.Ex: The economy is really in a mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible. -
20 evitar el desastre
(v.) = ward off + disasterEx. Political ecologists, like the scientists, use their own forte to ward off disaster in the industrial United States.* * *(v.) = ward off + disasterEx: Political ecologists, like the scientists, use their own forte to ward off disaster in the industrial United States.
См. также в других словарях:
désastre — [ dezastr ] n. m. • 1546; it. disastro, de disastrato, astrol. « né sous une mauvaise étoile » → astre 1 ♦ Événement funeste, malheur très grave. Dégât, ruine qui en résulte. ⇒ calamité, cataclysme, catastrophe, fléau, malheur. Désastre… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Desastre — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Desastre (del griego, may mala estrella ) es un hecho natural o provocado por el hombre que afecta negativamente a la vida, al sustento o industria desembocando con frecuencia en cambios permanentes en las sociedades … Wikipedia Español
desastre — sustantivo masculino 1. Desgracia grande, hecho lamentable: los desastres de la guerra. La casa quedó destrozada por el desastre del incendio. La inundación fue un desastre. 2. Uso/registro: coloquial. Cosa de mala calidad, mal resultado o mal… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
desastre — Desastre. s. m. Accident funeste, malheur. C est un grand desastre pour cette famille, pour ce pays là. je plains son desastre. quel desastre! … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
desastre — (Del prov. desastre). 1. m. Desgracia grande, suceso infeliz y lamentable. 2. Cosa de mala calidad, mal resultado, mala organización, mal aspecto, etc. Un desastre de oficina. Apl. a pers., u. t. en sent. fig.) ☛ V. zona de desastre … Diccionario de la lengua española
désastre — DÉSASTRE. subs. masc. Accident funeste, malheur. C est un grand, un étrange désastre pour cette famille, pour ce Pays là. Quel désastre! … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
desastré — Desastré, id est, Infortuné. De mes amours le desastré malheur. Pasquier. Ma desastre fortune. Pasquier … Thresor de la langue françoyse
desastre — Desgracia o infortunio que resultan ruinosos, desgraciados o calamitosos. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
desastre — s. m. 1. Desgraça imprevista e funesta. 2. Revés; infortúnio. 3. Catástrofe. 4. Sinistro … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
desastre — Desastre, Infortunium … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Desastre — (Del occitano ant. desastre, desgracia < astre, buena o mala estrella.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Desgracia considerable, suceso que provoca mucho daño o destrucción: ■ supone un desastre ecológico. SINÓNIMO catástrofe tragedia 2 Persona inútil … Enciclopedia Universal