English-Spanish translations for catastrophe

• catástrofe
  Catástrofe provocada en Hungría por el lodo tóxico (debate) Sludge catastrophe in Hungary (debate)
  Con todo, la situación no dista mucho de la catástrofe. However, a catastrophe is not far away.
  Ni una palabra sobre la catástrofe nuclear. Not a word about the nuclear catastrophe.
• desastre
  Así, vamos directos al desastre. That way we are heading for a catastrophe.
  Ante nuestros ojos se está desplegando un verdadero desastre. A true catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes.

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