tragedia
/tɾaˈxedja/ · B1 · noun · f
calamity
🎭🐐 Greek tragoidia = goat + song, like English tragedy
Spanish tragedia and English tragedy both come from Greek tragoidia, meaning goat song: tragos (goat) + oide (song). Same root, same meaning. Spanish ends in -ia, like comedia and historia, and is feminine: la tragedia.