unfortunate
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unfortunate(
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)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (unlucky)
a. desafortunado
An unfortunate passerby was killed when the car mounted the sidewalk.Un desafortunado transeunte murió cuando el carro se subió a la acera.
b. desgraciado
It was an unfortunate coincidence that we'd both booked the venue for the same day.Fue una desgraciada casualidad que los dos hubiéramos hecho reservaciones para el local en el mismo día.
a. lamentable (incident, tendency, consequences)
An unfortunate error in the code deleted on the information on the hard drive.Un lamentable error del código borró toda la información en el disco duro.
a. inoportuno
His timing of his call was unfortunate, as we had just sat down to eat.Llamó en un momento inoportuno, porque acabábamos de sentarnos a comer.
b. desacertado
Your advice turned out to be rather unfortunate.Tus consejos resultaron un tanto desacertados.
c. desafortunado
I'll forgive you for that unfortunate remark.Te voy a perdonar ese comentario desafortunado.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el desgraciado (M), la desgraciada (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I pity the poor unfortunates who had to stay for the whole conference.Compadezco a los pobres desgraciados que tuvieron que quedarse para toda la conferencia.
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