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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: des‧ca‧la‧bro
Noun
descalabro m (plural descalabros)
- ruin, decadence
- damage, harm
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskaˈlabɾo/
- Rhymes: -abɾo
- Syllabification: des‧ca‧la‧bro
Etymology 1
Deverbal from descalabrar (“to ruin”).
Noun
descalabro m (plural descalabros)
- misfortune; setback
- loss; defeat
2020 July 13, “Podemos se aferra a la coalición con el PSOE tras el descalabro electoral”, in El País:Es más, el descalabro ha hecho redoblar su apuesta por mantener el pacto con el PSOE, una relación que el propio Pedro Sánchez sostiene que la pandemia ha “soldado”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
descalabro
- first-person singular present indicative of descalabrar
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