fatal

mortal, letal

Que causa la muerte o puede causarla.

En inglés sencillo: Causing someone to die, or capable of doing so.

• The accident was fatal.
• Untreated infections can be fatal.
• He suffered fatal injuries in the crash.

Cómo se usa: fatal to someone/something (Even a small amount can be fatal to a child.)

Sinónimos: deadly, lethal

Antónimos: nonfatal

Expresiones frecuentes: fatal accident, fatal injury, fatal dose

fatal, desastroso, mortal

Que provoca la muerte, un fracaso total o la destrucción de algo.

En inglés sencillo: Causing death, complete failure, or the destruction of something.

• That was a fatal mistake.
• The plan had a fatal flaw.
• Losing the contract proved fatal to the business.

Cómo se usa: fatal to something (The loss of funding was fatal to the project.)

Sinónimos: disastrous, ruinous, deadly

Expresiones frecuentes: fatal mistake, fatal flaw, fatal blow, fatal wound

fatal, irrecuperable

Que hace que un programa informático deje de funcionar de inmediato.

En inglés sencillo: Causing a computer program to stop working immediately.

• A fatal error stopped the program.
• The screen displayed a fatal exception message.
• Save your work before another fatal crash occurs.

Sinónimos: unrecoverable

Antónimos: nonfatal

Expresiones frecuentes: fatal error, fatal exception, fatal system error

predestinado, fatídico

Determinado por el destino, sin que las personas puedan cambiar lo que ocurrirá.

En inglés sencillo: Decided by fate, so that people cannot change what will happen.

• They accepted the gods' fatal decree.
• The hero could not escape his fatal destiny.
• She believed the fatal hour had been fixed at birth.

Sinónimos: fated, predestined, foreordained

Expresiones frecuentes: fatal decree, fatal destiny, fatal hour

accidente mortal

Accidente u otro suceso en el que muere alguien.

En inglés sencillo: An accident or other event in which someone dies.

• Police reported another fatal overnight.
• Two fatals occurred on that road last month.
• The officer was called to a fatal on the highway.

Sinónimos: fatal accident, fatality

Expresiones frecuentes: another fatal, road fatal, report a fatal