disastrous
adjective
desastroso
EN Nowhere else in France was the acceptance rate so high and the consequences were disastrous: schools had to close down because of insufficient pupils, and many shops, restaurants and other businesses had to stop trading for lack of clients.
GL En ningún outro lugar de Francia esa porcentaxe foi tan elevada. As consecuencias foron desastrosas: escolas pechadas por falta de alumnos, tendas, restaurantes e outros negocios en quebra por non teren clientes.
Fonte: C13 (218)
catastrófico
EN But productivity gains also led to over-production, which set off a disastrous price collapse at the very same instant that the cost of farm supplies, including fertilizers and pesticides, was steadily rising (at nearly 15 percent a year between 1984 and 1996).
GL Pois o aumento da productividade desembocou nunha superproducción que provocou unha baixa de prezos catastrófica. Entre 1984 e 1996 os custos de pesticidas e fertilizantes aumentaron case un 15% ó ano.
Fonte: C30 (637)
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