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ventura
feminine noun
1happiness, contentment (felicidad)
2luck (suerte)
  • por ventura -> luckily
  • a la (buena) ventura -> at random, haphazardly; (al azar) without planning o a fixed plan (sin nada previsto)

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ventura [ven-too'-rah]
noun
1Luck (suerte), fortune. (f)
2Contingency, casualty, hazard, hap, venture. (f)
  • Buena ventura -> good fortune told by gipsies and vagrants
  • Probar ventura -> to try one’s fortune, to venture at, on, or upon
3Risk, danger. (f)
  • A ventur -> or a la ventura, at a venture, at hazard
  • Ir a la aventura -> to live in a disorganized way
adjective
1Future; that which is to come.

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ventura
sustantivo:femenino
1 (dicha) happiness
2 (suerte) luck; (good) fortune; (casualidad) chance
mala ventura bad luck; por su mala ventura as bad luck would have it; por ventura (formal) (por suerte) fortunately; (por casualidad) by (any) chance; ¿piensas ir, por ventura? are you by any chance thinking of going?; echar la buena ventura a algn to tell sb's fortune; probar ventura to try one's luck; ventura te dé Dios I wish you luck
a la ventura at random
ir a la ventura to go haphazardly; go without a fixed plan; vivir a la ventura to live in a disorganized way; todo lo hace a la ventura he does it all in a hit-or-miss fashion
viene la ventura a quien la procura God helps those who help themselves

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