Pest

Significado

1. (definite,feminine,usually) bubonic plague, the plague
2. (feminine,in-compounds) any of various unrelated epidemic diseases affecting animals
3. (feminine,figuratively) anything that negatively affects vast areas, especially a natural disaster
4. (feminine,figuratively,informal) anything terrible or odious

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɛst/

Etimología

16th century, from Latin pestis, in part through Middle French peste. Popular shortening of Middle High German pestilencie (14th c.), from related Latin pestilentia, may also have contributed (though this is impossible to prove).

Oraciones

Nach Krieg und Pest war die Gemeinde auf neun Familien zusammengeschrumpft.

Después de la guerra y la peste, la comunidad se había reducido a nueve familias.