suerte
suerte
feminine noun
1. luck (fortuna)
- estar de suerte -> to be in luck
- por suerte -> luckily
- probar suerte -> to try one's luck
- ¡qué suerte! -> that was lucky!
- ¡qué suerte que traje el paraguas! -> how lucky that I brought my umbrella!
- tener (buena) suerte -> to be lucky
- tener mala suerte -> to be unlucky
- tener la suerte de espaldas -> to be having a run of bad luck
2. chance (azar)
- echar o tirar algo ->
- a suertes o ->
- a la suerte -> to draw lots for something (peninsular SpanishAm)
- tocar o caer en suerte a alguien -> to fall to somebody's lot
- la suerte está echada -> the die is cast
3. fate (destino)
- tentar a la suerte -> to tempt fate
4. (clase)
- toda suerte de -> all manner of
- ser una suerte de -> to be a kind o sort of
also:
- de suerte que -> in such a way that
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suerte [soo-er'-tay]
noun
1. Chance (azar), fortuitous event; lot (elección), fortune, luck (fortuna), fate (destino), doom, good-luck, haphazard. (f)
2. Rind, sort: species. (f)
3. Manner, mode, way. (f)
4. Skillful movements of a bullfighter. (f)
5. Piece of ground separated from the rest by bounds or landmarks. (f)
6. Original, stock, lineage. (f)
7. Sort, kind (especie). (f)
- La suerte está echada -> the die is cast
- De suerte que no debe nada -> so that he owes nothing
- Echar suertes -> to cast or draw lots
- Dejar a uno a su suerte -> to abandon somebody
- Lo echaron a suertes -> they drew lots for it
- Estar de suerte -> to be in luck
- Tuvo la suerte de que hacía buen tiempo -> he was luckly that it was fine
noun, plural
- Suertes -> feats, tricks; legerdemain
See also
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