No. 11,554 in Spanish
fatídico
Fateful; having a disastrous or prophetic significance.
In a sentence
El día fatídico en que ocurrió el accidente jamás será olvidado.
The fateful day when the accident happened will never be forgotten.
In this sentence, 'fatídico' is used to emphasize the critical and often tragic significance of the day being described.
Tomó una decisión fatídica que cambió el curso de los acontecimientos.
He made a fateful decision that changed the course of events.
Here, 'fatídico' highlights the grave and consequential nature of the decision made in the context.
La novela aborda temas de predicciones fatídicas que alteran el destino de los personajes.
The novel explores themes of fateful predictions that alter the characters' destiny.
In this usage, 'fatídico' refers to the foreboding and destined nature of the predictions described.
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