desastre

m.

1 disaster.

su madre es un desastre her mother is hopeless

¡vaya desastre! what a shambles!

2 mess, bad job.

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desastre

► nombre masculino

1 (catástrofe) disaster, catastrophe

2 familiar (calamidad) disaster, flop

■ la excursión fue un desastre the trip was a washout

■ ese tío es un desastre that guy is absolutely hopeless

■ es un desastre de mujer she's a dead loss, she's a hopeless case

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noun m.

disaster

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SM disaster

¡qué desastre! — how awful!

la función fue un desastre — the show was a shambles

como pintor es un desastre — he's a totally useless painter

llegó a la fiesta hecha un desastre — she arrived at the party looking a terrible sight

soy un desastre dibujando — I'm terrible o hopeless at drawing

es un desastre de hombre — * he's a dead loss *

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masculino

a) (catástrofe) disaster

b) (fam) (uso hiperbólico) disaster

cocinando soy un desastre — I'm a disaster when it comes to cooking (colloq)

como cantante es un desastre — he's a hopeless singer

tienes la habitación hecha un desastre — your room is a shambles

vas hecha un desastre — you look a real mess (colloq)

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= 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.

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* 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.

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masculino

a) (catástrofe) disaster

b) (fam) (uso hiperbólico) disaster

cocinando soy un desastre — I'm a disaster when it comes to cooking (colloq)

como cantante es un desastre — he's a hopeless singer

tienes la habitación hecha un desastre — your room is a shambles

vas hecha un desastre — you look a real mess (colloq)

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= 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.

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desastre

masculine

1 (catástrofe) disaster

2 (fam) (uso hiperbólico) disaster

el partido fue un verdadero desastre the game was an absolute disaster

cocinando 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 singer

tienes 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)

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desastre sustantivo masculino
disaster;

◊ como cantante es un desastre he's a hopeless singer;

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

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desastre nm

1. [catástrofe] disaster

Comp

desastre aéreo air disaster;

desastre ecológico ecological disaster

2. [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 jokes

3. Fam [fracaso] disaster;

fue 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!

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desastre

m tb fig

disaster;

ser un desastre fig fam be a disaster fam

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desastre nm

catástrofe: disaster

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desastre n disaster