English-Portuguese translations for catastrophe

• catástrofe
  Catástrofe na Hungria provocada por lama tóxica (debate) Sludge catastrophe in Hungary (debate)
  Porém, há uma catástrofe que se avizinha. However, a catastrophe is not far away.
  Nem uma palavra sobre a catástrofe nuclear. Not a word about the nuclear catastrophe.
• desastre

Definition of catastrophe

• any large and disastrous event of great significance
• a disaster beyond expectations
• a type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states

Related words

• catastrophic
• catastrophically
• eucatastrophe
• catastrophist
• catastrophism
• catastrophin
• catastrophical
• catastrophe theory
• catastrophic kill