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la oportunidad

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chance

[tʃɑːns]

sustantivo

1casualidad (f) suerte (f) (luck)

by chance -> por casualidad
to leave nothing to chance -> no dejar nada a la improvisación
chance would be a fine thing! (familiar) -> ¡qué más quisiera yo!

2oportunidad (f) (opportunity)chance (f) (Am)

to give somebody a chance -> darle una oportunidad a alguien
now's your chance! -> ¡ésta es la tuya!, ¡ésta es tu oportunidad!
it's your last chance -> es tu última oportunidad
when I get the chance -> en cuanto tenga ocasión or oportunidad
to have an eye to the main chance (familiar) -> estar a la que salta

3posibilidad (f) (likelihood)(of de)

to have or stand a chance -> tener posibilidades
there's no chance of that happening -> es imposible que suceda

4riesgo (m) (risk)

to take a chance -> correr el riesgo
it's a chance we'll have to take -> es un riesgo que habrá que correr
I'm taking no chances -> no pienso correr riesgos

adjetivo

también:

a chance discovery/meeting -> un descubrimiento/encuentro casual

verbo transitivo

también:

to chance doing something -> arriesgarse a hacer algo
to chance one's arm (familiar) -> arriesgarse, jugársela

verbo intransitivo

5(happen)

to chance to do something -> hacer algo por casualidad

chance [chans]

sustantivo

1Fortuna, ventura, suerte.

2Acaso, suceso, lance, accidente, casualidad, azar (fate), contingencia.

It was pure chance that we met -> nos encontramos por pura casualidad
To leave nothing to chance -> no dejar nada al azar

3Riesgo, peligro (risk).

Don’t take any chances -> no te arriesgues, no corras riesgos

4Probabilidades. (Matemáticas)

5Oportunidad, ocasión (opportunity).

To jump/leap at the chance -> aprovechar o no dejar escapar la oportunidad u ocasión
The chance of a lifetime -> la oportunidad de su vida
Give them half a chance and they’ll fleece you -> en cuanto te descuidas te despluman

6Posibilidad, chance (likelihood).

They don’t stand much of a chance -> lo tienen difícil
Not a chance/no chance! -> ¡ni en broma
It’s a million-to-one chanc -> o a chance in a million, las posibilidades son muy remotas
(The) chances are (that) ->
By chance -> por ventura, casualmente, por acaso, por casualidad
Have you seen my hat by any chance? -> ¿has visto mi sombrero por casualidad
There is no chance -> no hay esperanza, remedio, escape
He met me by chance -> me encontró por casualidad
The main chance -> lo sólido, lo esencial
To stand a chance -> tener suerte
To take one’s chance -> correr el riesgo, aventurarse
The doctrine of chances -> el cálculo de las probabilidades

(Coloq.)(Coloq.)., lo más probable es que... (GB) To be in with a chance, tener posibilidades o chances.

adjetivo

1Fortuito, casual (meeting, occurrence); accidental.

adverbio

2Casualmente, por acaso.

verbo neutro (intransitivo)

1Acaecer, suceder, acontecer. (n)

If my letter should chance to be lost -> si acaso se perdiese mi carta
To chance it -> arriesgarse, correr el riesgo (risk)
I just chanced to be passing your office -> pasaba por tu oficina por casualidad (happen)
Chance on, chance upon -> encontrar por casualidad (object); encontrarse por casualidad con (person)

va.

chance [tʃɑːns]

noun

1 (fate) azar; (m) (coincidence) casualidad; (f)

by chanceby por casualidad

we met by chance in Paris nos encontramos por casualidad en París; do you have a room available, by any chance? ¿no tendrá por casualidad una habitación libre?; ¿por casualidad tiene una habitación libre?

do you by any chance know each other? [game] of chance

to leave nothing to chanceleave no dejar nada al azar a la casualidad;or no dejar ningún cabo suelto por atar;or

to trust sth to chancetrust dejar algo al azar

game

2 (opportunity) oportunidad; (f) ocasión; (f)

this is your last chance to buy, before the offer ends

chance would be a fine thing!fine (informal) ¡ojalá!; ¡ya quisiera yo!

you'll never get another chance like thisget nunca se te presentará otra oportunidad ocasión como esta;or

all those eligible will get a chance to vote todas las personas que cumplan los requisitos podrán votar

to give sb a chancegive

he didn't give me a chance to say anything no me dio (la) oportunidad de decir nada; give me a chance, I've only just got here! ¡espera un ratito, acabo de llegar!

he never had a chance in lifehad nunca tuvo suerte en la vida

given half a chance he'd eat the lothalf (informal) si se le dejara, se lo comería todo

I felt I had to give him chance given the chance, he'd go every day to give sb [half] a chance if you'll just give me half a chance, I'll get it finished "lovely place," he said, "give me half a chance and I'll be living somewhere like this"

you always wanted to ride a horse, and here's your chancehere's siempre quisiste montar a caballo, ahora tienes la oportunidad

to jump leap at the chancejumporleap aprovechar la oportunidad ocasión;or no dejar escapar la oportunidad ocasión;or

I jumped at the chance to work abroad/of a day off any parent would jump at the chance of sending their child there

it's the chance of a lifetimelifetime es la oportunidad de mi/tu/su etc vida;etc

to have an eye on to the main chanceormain (informal) (pejorative) estar a la que salta; (informal)

to miss one's chancemiss perder la su oportunidad;or

you missed your chance there his political enemies did not miss their chance

she's gone out, now's your chance!now's ha salido, ¡ésta es tu oportunidad!

they decided to give me a second chancesecond decidieron darme una segunda oportunidad

3 (possibility) posibilidad; (f)

his chances of survival are slim tiene escasas posibilidades de sobrevivir; sus posibilidades de sobrevivir son escasas; the chances are that ... lo más probable es que ...; it has a one in 11,000 chance (of winning) tiene una posibilidad entre 11.000 (de ganar)

there was little chance that he would ever lead a normal life with an illness like that, there is little or no chance of recovery to have a [fair] chance of doing sth

to have a good chance of successgood tener bastantes posibilidades de éxito

to be in with a chancein (Britain) (informal) tener muchas posibilidades

\after today's interview\, I really think I'm in with a chance of a job\ Manchester Utd are in with a chance this Saturday

I had very little chance of winninglittle tenía muy pocas posibilidades de ganar

he has no chance of winningno no tiene ninguna posibilidad de ganar; no tiene posibilidad alguna de ganar

no chance! (informal) (refusing) ¡ni hablar!; (informal) (dismissing a possibility) ¡qué va!; (informal)

"are you coming out tonight?" "no chance!"

there is a slight chance she may still be thereslight puede que exista una pequeña posibilidad de que todavía esté allí

to [stand] a chance (of doing sth)

they don't stand a chance (of winning)stand no tienen ninguna posibilidad posibilidad alguna (de ganar);or

he never stood a chance, the truck went straight into him no pudo hacer nada, el camión se fue derecho a él

to stand a chance of beating them, they have to improve their defence their troops never stood a chance against the might of the Russian army

fat

4 (risk) riesgo; (m)

to [take] a chance

I'll take that chance correré ese riesgo; me arriesgaré

I'm not taking any chancesany no quiero arriesgarme

you shouldn't take any chances where your health is concerned no deberías correr riesgos arriesgarte cuando se trata de tu salud;or

we decided to take a chance on the weatheron decidimos arriesgarnos con el tiempo

he was a very careful man who never took a chance \OTH` Dennis was not a man to take chances from then on the Chinese were taking no chances a victim of chance and circumstance

verb:transitive

1 (run the risk of) [+rejection, fine] arriesgarse a

I'll chance it

to chance doing sth arriesgarse a hacer algo; to chance it (informal) jugársela; arriesgarse

to chance one's arm one's luckor probar suerte

they preferred to chance their luck with us he knew the risks, I can't believe he would have chanced it he decided no assassin would chance a shot from amongst that crowd she looked like someone who was going to chance a kiss but didn't know how it would be received to chance one's [arm] the government has decided to chance its arm and opt for a May election there is a marked reluctance by English players, consumed by the fear of missing, to chance their arm he decided to chance his hand with a guess at the answer Stephen was always ready to chance his arm where sailing was concerned

2 (formal) (happen)

to chance to do sth hacer algo por casualidad; she chanced to look up at that moment en ese momento dio la casualidad de que levantó la vista levantó la vista por casualidad;or I chanced to catch sight of her as she passed la vi por casualidad cuando pasaba

modifier

chance meeting (n) encuentro fortuito casual; (m)or

chance remark (n) comentario casual; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "chance"

Imperative

chance
you chance
he/she chances
we chance
you chance
they chance

Preterite

I chanced
you chanced
he/she chanced
we chanced
you chanced
they chanced

Present Continuous

I am chancing
you are chancing
he/she is chancing
we are chancing
you are chancing
they are chancing

Present Perfect

I have chanced
you have chanced
he/she has chanced
we have chanced
you have chanced
they have chanced

Past Continuous

I was chancing
you were chancing
he/she was chancing
we were chancing
you were chancing
they were chancing

Past Perfect

I had chanced
you had chanced
he/she had chanced
we had chanced
you had chanced
they had chanced

Future

I will chance
you will chance
he/she will chance
we will chance
you will chance
they will chance

Future Perfect

I will have chanced
you will have chanced
he/she will have chanced
we will have chanced
you will have chanced
they will have chanced

Future Continuous

I will be chancing
you will be chancing
he/she will be chancing
we will be chancing
you will be chancing
they will be chancing

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been chancing
you have been chancing
he/she has been chancing
we have been chancing
you have been chancing
they have been chancing

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been chancing
you will have been chancing
he/she will have been chancing
we will have been chancing
you will have been chancing
they will have been chancing

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been chancing
you had been chancing
he/she had been chancing
we had been chancing
you had been chancing
they had been chancing

chance

masculine noun o feminine noun

1opportunity, chance (Am)

tener chance de hacer algo -> to have the chance to do something
¿me das un chance? -> can I have a go?

chance [chan’-thay]

noun

1Chance (oportunidad). (Latin American) (m)

Dale chance -> let him have a go

2Good luck (suerte). (m)

chance

sustantivo:masculino

a_veces

sustantivo:femenino

(Latinoamérica)

1 (oportunidad) chance

dale chance let him have a go

2 (suerte) good luck

conjunción

(México) maybe; perhaps

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