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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "lah" (as in "lava") + "mee" (as in "me") + "DAHD" (as in "dart")/

Meaning

In Spain, a walking disaster, a clumsy and hapless person who manages to ruin tasks, break things, and cause chaos without even trying. Unlike someone who just has a bad day, a calamidad has a stable pattern of accidents and errors that never seems to improve.

Examples

She is a total disaster in the kitchen, she burns even the simplest things.

What a calamity, he broke something again and nobody even asked him to touch anything!

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Regional synonyms

To swipe on a screen to approve or reject profiles on dating apps. Swipe right means yes, swipe left means no, and the verb 'swipear' is now as natural in Spanish as any native word. Millions of people swipear every day without a second thought about its English origin.