descalabro

m.

1 major setback, disaster.

2 havoc, calamity, chaos, confusion.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: descalabrar.

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descalabro

► nombre masculino

1 misfortune, damage, loss

■ sufrir un descalabro to suffer a misfortune

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SM

1) (=contratiempo) blow, setback

descalabro electoral — disaster at the polls

2) (Mil) defeat

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masculino

a) (desastre) disaster

b) (Mil) defeat

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= bust, debacle.

Ex. The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.

Ex. But out of that debacle came a highly successful international scientific endeavor.

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masculino

a) (desastre) disaster

b) (Mil) defeat

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= bust, debacle.

Ex: The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.

Ex: But out of that debacle came a highly successful international scientific endeavor.

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descalabro

masculine

1 (desastre) disaster

el partido nunca se recuperó del descalabro que sufrió en 1982 the party never recovered from the disaster o severe blow o major setback it suffered in 1982

el descalabro bursátil de 1929 the stock market crash of 1929

2 (Mil) defeat

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Del verbo descalabrar: (conjugate descalabrar)

descalabro es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

descalabró es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
descalabrar    
descalabro
descalabro sustantivo masculino

a) (desastre) disaster

b) (Mil) defeat

descalabro sustantivo masculino setback, misfortune
'descalabro' also found in these entries:
English:
soundly

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descalabro nm

major setback, disaster;

el descalabro electoral de la ultraderecha the electoral rout of the far right;

sufrir o [m5]tener un descalabro to suffer a major setback

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descalabro

m calamity, disaster

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descalabro nm

: setback, misfortune, loss