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calamitoso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • calamitous adj Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.

Senses

calamitoso is used for these senses in English:

  • calamitous Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  • dire Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.

calamitous — full definition

  1. adj Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.
  2. adj Of a person: involved in a calamity; hence, distressed, miserable.

dire — full definition

  1. adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  2. adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.

Related Portuguese words