disastro

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See also: disastrò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈzas.tro/
  • Rhymes: -astro
  • Hyphenation: di‧sà‧stro

Etymology 1

From dis- +‎ Latin astrum (star); compare Piedmontese disastr.

Noun

disastro m (plural disastri)

  1. disaster
    Synonyms: catastrofe, sciagura
    • a. 1677, Barbara Strozzi, “Che si può fare”‎:
      Che si può dire? / Da gl'astri disastri / Mi piovano ogn'hor
      What can you say? / From the heavens disasters / keep raining down on me
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

disastro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of disastrare

Further reading

  • disastro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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