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desastre.

disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/deˈzas.tɾi/Brazil/d͡ʒiˈzas.tɾi/Brazil/deˈzaʃ.tɾi/Rio-de-Janeiro/d͡ʒiˈzaʃ.tɾi/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

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