suerte-1
luck ; good fortune ; fluke ; stroke of luck.
In such conditions it is a matter of pure luck if the reader hits the bull's eye at the first shot.
There is an element of good fortune involved in being in the right place at the right time and it is essential to take the best advantage of whatever opportunities arise.
This correlation between Blacks and low socio-economic status Whites is neither an artifact of methodology nor a sampling fluke.
And in his still beating heart, he knew that his recovery was a miracle: a gift from God, a stroke of luck.
acabarse la (buena) suerte
run out of + luck
luck + run out
The current president is a 'gambler,' a risk taker with faith - above all in himself - that has run out of luck.
His luck ran out the second time around after surviving an attempt on his life last April.
amuleto de la suerte
good luck charm
Will Jake be the good luck charm that puts Afia on a winning streak or, like everything else in her life, will he wind up jinxed?.
andar de suerte
be on a roll
Britain is on a roll - the world's second military power and, by some recent estimates, the world's fourth economic power.
¡buena suerte!
good luck!
break a leg!
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.
The theatrical tradition of telling an actor about to go on stage to 'break a leg', may have its origin in a German phrase borrowed from Hebrew.
buena suerte
good luck
Spiders have always meant good luck to professional weavers and spinners for obvious reasons.
con suerte
luckily enough
She's got a few piano accordions so luckily enough she could lend me one to practice on.
con (un poco de) suerte
with (any) luck
With any luck, you'll have the malfunction fixed in no time.
con un poco de suerte
with a bit of luck
With a bit of luck, you might spot a wild boar, deer, or even some of the badgers living in the woodlands.
desafiar a la suerte
press + Posesivo + luck
push + Posesivo + luck
dance with + the devil
An English diplomat on the island tried to warn Burton against pressing his luck a second time.
She's not only the most hated person in America, she's also appears to be pushing her luck with her latest gambit.
The article 'Dancing with the devil' discusses the difficult relationship which writers have traditionally had with Hollywood film studios.
desear a Algo o Alguien toda la suerte del mundo
wish + Nombre + every success
IFLA's involvement in the Global Knowledge Partnership is a major step towards that goal and I wish it every success.
desear a Alguien mucha suerte (en el futuro)
wish + Nombre + all the best (for/in the future)
There's nothing else you can do except tip your hat to them, offer them congratulations and wish them all the best in the future.
desear a Alguien toda la suerte del mundo
wish + Nombre + all the luck in the world
The worst is over now and I wish you all the luck in the world.
desear mucha suerte a Alguien
wish + Nombre + the (very) best of luck
Finally, and most importantly, I would like to wish all competitors the best of luck and may the best team win!.
desear suerte [Gesto usado para indicar que uno espera que todo salga bien]
cross + Posesivo + fingers
touch + wood
knock on + wood
The site went down but it's back up now (fingers crossed).
Some people cross their first and second fingers for luck, or touch wood for luck, when they say something that they want to come true.
People often knock on wood when they make a statement which seems to tempt fate.
desear suerte a Alguien
wish + Nombre + luck
I gave her directions to Fox which was only a few blocks away and wished her luck on her audition.
de suerte
by a fluke
by a stroke of (good) luck
by chance
by luck
The study revealed that most of the deformities are caused by a fluke.
The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.
If, by chance, the newly entered item is identical to one already in the file, DOBIS/LIBIS ignores the new entry.
Machiavelli insisted that the Prince be aware that he was Prince mostly by luck and his job was to never admit it.
el colmo de la mala suerte
the last straw of bad luck
Be nice because we've been through a lot and are having a bad time and think this is the last straw of bad luck.
encontrar suerte
be in for a good thing
come in for + a good thing
be into a good thing
The value of shares were steadily rising and we began to hope that we might be in for a good thing at last.
They are the kind who complain of their hard luck when some one else happens to come in for a good thing.
They are plainly and simply greedy people who are into a good thing.
esperar que la suerte + Pronombre + acompañe
hope for + the best
This will certainly be a learning experience for me especially since it's my first book so cross your fingers and let's hope for the best.
esperar tener suerte
hope for + the best
This will certainly be a learning experience for me especially since it's my first book so cross your fingers and let's hope for the best.
estar de suerte
be in luck
be on a roll
We were in luck in that the cheese was both in season and in stock andwe bought a huge wheel for 11 euros.
Britain is on a roll - the world's second military power and, by some recent estimates, the world's fourth economic power.
golpe de mala suerte
stroke of misfortune
The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.
golpe de mala suerte doble
double whammy
Researchers have found that two proteins which work in tandem in the brain's blood vessels present a double whammy in Alzheimer's disease.
golpe de suerte
stroke of luck
And in his still beating heart, he knew that his recovery was a miracle: a gift from God, a stroke of luck.
intentar suerte [Intertar hacer algo, probar a hacer algo]
try for
have + a go
give it + a go
give it + a shot
give it + a try
have + a stab at
take + a stab at
make + a stab at
take + Posesivo + chances
try + Posesivo + luck
give it + a twirl
give it + a whirl
take + the dip
take + a long shot
have + a whack at
have + a crack at
have + a try
I was rather cheesed off, but decided to hold off on trying for it again, until after the problem had resolved itself.
At a greater level of sophistication, the operating system will be able to swap programs in and out of memory in mid-operation in order to let another have a go.
Freshers' week is a festival to launch you into university life and as your first week at University, you should throw yourself into it and give everything a go!.
I decided to give it a shot even though I was still skeptical.
I gave it a try earlier today and it seems promising.
If someone can get me up to speed on this I can have a stab at writing it up for others to follow.
Filled with an overwhelming inspiration, the two moviemakers decided to take a stab at the world of television by turning the camera on themselves.
He decided to make a stab at a career in show business in New York but he only lasted in the Big Apple for a few weeks.
So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
Mr. Schwarzenegger eventually starred in numerous Hollywood hits before trying his luck in politics in 2003.
Since a solid set of love-handles seems a positive asset when it comes to belly dancing, I decided to give it a twirl.
Sorry, but I just don't have time to download & give it a whirl right now.
More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
Starved for cash, the New Orleans school district is taking a long shot and hoping to sell its flooded, unsalvageable school buses on eBay.
If you're so inclined you could have a whack at it and report back.
I haven't had a chance to have a crack at it yet but as soon as I do I shall be posting my results.
I just like challenges, especially with problem-solving on vehicles when others have had a try but no joy.
la mala suerte + acompañar
the odds + be + against
If the odds are against you and you believe you have lost a piece of baggage, have your luggage claim chits handy; they are usually stapled into your ticket.
la mala suerte + perseguir
the odds + be + against
If the odds are against you and you believe you have lost a piece of baggage, have your luggage claim chits handy; they are usually stapled into your ticket.
la suerte + Pronombre + acompañar
Posesivo + star + be + in the ascendant
It's great when your star is in the ascendant, especially in that headiest of all heady worlds, the music business.
mala suerte
misfortune
mischance
bad luck
tough luck
losing streak
whammy
ill-luck
hard luck
The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.
Lawyers find it problematic to consult psychologists, partly because psychological research may turn up unfavorable data through sheer mischance, eg, an invalid sample.
The article is entitled 'Thirteen steps to avoiding bad luck in a serials cancellation project'.
The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
It seems like we're headed for another losing streak.
Just remember that alcohol and low blood sugars together are a real whammy for diabetics.
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
Four scenarios are developed to explore the future of citizen participation: plenitude, transformation, continuity, & hard luck.
¡mala suerte!
tough!
If you're such an ass-licker that you can't form your own opinions, tough!.
mucha suerte
best of luck
Best of luck to you and your family, I know major decisions like that are rarely easy.
no estar de suerte
be out of luck
But in a lot of Seattle neighborhoods, a kid looking for a wading pool to cool off in is out of luck.
no tener suerte
be out of luck
have + no joy
But in a lot of Seattle neighborhoods, a kid looking for a wading pool to cool off in is out of luck.
I just like challenges, especially with problem-solving on vehicles when others have had a try but no joy.
pero no hubo suerte
but no dice
We'd hoped to see it sometime in 2008, but no dice.
pero sin suerte
but no dice
We'd hoped to see it sometime in 2008, but no dice.
persona que le desea suerte a otra [Muy frecuentemente en caso de enfermedad]
well-wisher
He has thanked family, friends, his doctors and the myriad of well-wishers who aided his recovery following life-saving surgery.
por la mala suerte
by ill-luck
by ill fate
by bad luck
As Baudelaire said, 'For if, by ill-luck, people understood each other, they would never agree'.
The story revolves around a group of people who were not connected to each other in anyway other than by ill fate.
It is an old legend that taking lava rocks from Hawaii results in being followed by bad luck.
por mala suerte
by ill-luck
by bad fortune
by a stroke of bad luck
by ill fate
As Baudelaire said, 'For if, by ill-luck, people understood each other, they would never agree'.
Usually, there were mules to ride, but by bad fortune, another party had arrived a day or so sooner and taken them all.
However, by a stroke of bad luck, he came face to face with another assassin on his journey to the railway station and was shot dead.
The story revolves around a group of people who were not connected to each other in anyway other than by ill fate.
por si + tener + suerte [Abreviatura de on speculation]
on spec
You are lucky to find anywhere to stay if you just turn up on spec in Amsterdam in the middle of August.
por suerte [Con sentido positivo o negativo dependiendo del contexto] [Con sentido positivo o negativo dependiendo del contexto]
luckily
fortunately
happily
as luck would have it
as fate would have it
as good luck would have it
by good fortune
His faith was pretty blind and his arrogance, luckily, borne with uncomplaining good humor by his colleagues.
Fortunately for all of us in this room and for the nation's library, Mr. Berman and Mr. Blume, chief of our Subject Cataloging Division, are in communication.
Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.
Today seemed like any other day under the blue skies of the tradewinds until, as luck would have it, his paddle broke.
As fate would have it, I wasn't pregnant, but I would have accepted and loved this child with all my heart.
When we came to supper there was neither a knife nor a fork on the table to eat with, but as good luck would have it, we had knives of our own.
Also they intended to plunder us of all our riches, but by good fortune we were able to defeat and capture them.
por suerte o por desgracia
for better or (for) worse
by luck or misfortune
Finally, we cannot help being excited by the fact that we, as a profession, find ourselves, for better or worse, embedded in the eye of the storm of significant change.
The magician, by luck or misfortune, called me onto the stage, but I slightly disrupted his act with a little banter and then played with the contents of his 'box of tricks', bringing a few laughs.
probar suerte [Intertar hacer algo, probar a hacer algo]
have + a go
give it + a shot
give + Nombre + a try
have + a stab at
take + a stab at
make + a stab at
take + Posesivo + chances
try + Posesivo + luck
give it + a whirl
give it + a try
take + the dip
take + a long shot
give it + a go
give it + a twirl
have + a whack at
have + a crack at
try for
give it + a go
have + a try
At a greater level of sophistication, the operating system will be able to swap programs in and out of memory in mid-operation in order to let another have a go.
I decided to give it a shot even though I was still skeptical.
Bored out of her mind with the long hours and mundane tasks, she decided to give radio a try.
If someone can get me up to speed on this I can have a stab at writing it up for others to follow.
Filled with an overwhelming inspiration, the two moviemakers decided to take a stab at the world of television by turning the camera on themselves.
He decided to make a stab at a career in show business in New York but he only lasted in the Big Apple for a few weeks.
So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
Mr. Schwarzenegger eventually starred in numerous Hollywood hits before trying his luck in politics in 2003.
Sorry, but I just don't have time to download & give it a whirl right now.
I gave it a try earlier today and it seems promising.
More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
Starved for cash, the New Orleans school district is taking a long shot and hoping to sell its flooded, unsalvageable school buses on eBay.
Freshers' week is a festival to launch you into university life and as your first week at University, you should throw yourself into it and give everything a go!.
Since a solid set of love-handles seems a positive asset when it comes to belly dancing, I decided to give it a twirl.
If you're so inclined you could have a whack at it and report back.
I haven't had a chance to have a crack at it yet but as soon as I do I shall be posting my results.
I was rather cheesed off, but decided to hold off on trying for it again, until after the problem had resolved itself.
Freshers' week is a festival to launch you into university life and as your first week at University, you should throw yourself into it and give everything a go!.
I just like challenges, especially with problem-solving on vehicles when others have had a try but no joy.
quedarse sin suerte
run out of + luck
luck + run out
The current president is a 'gambler,' a risk taker with faith - above all in himself - that has run out of luck.
His luck ran out the second time around after surviving an attempt on his life last April.
¡Qué suerte!
What luck!
'What luck!' The division chief's face expressed disbelief and honest concern.
racha de buena suerte
winning streak
streak of good luck
run of good luck
lucky streak
run of good fortune
Will Jake be the good luck charm that puts Afia on a winning streak or, like everything else in her life, will he wind up jinxed?.
However, she does know that she has an incredible streak of good luck - everything she tries, she succeeds in.
Superstitious savages always feared a run of good luck; they viewed such good fortune as a certain harbinger of calamity.
In the midst of all this winning, I began to think I may be on a lucky streak so why not buy a lottery ticket.
This is because, from a statistical point of view, in the lottery it is possible for a few people to have a remarkable run of good fortune.
racha de mala suerte
losing streak
run of bad luck
run of bad fortune
streak of bad luck
unlucky streak
It seems like we're headed for another losing streak.
Everyone has a run of bad luck at one time or another.
Nokia's run of bad fortune shows no sign of letting up anytime soon.
After a streak of bad luck, he was given a second chance to make a comeback, and he took full advantage of it.
As some of you may have read, we have kind of hit a bit of an unlucky streak, although luckily, we are still ahead a couple thousand dollars.
romper la mala suerte
get + a break
get + a lucky break
She finally got a break playing an actress who must choose between a career and marriage.
His dad finally got a lucky break, and working in a law firm is a pretty big break.
sin suerte
but no dice
no joy
We'd hoped to see it sometime in 2008, but no dice.
I've tried several things I've read about in the forum but still no joy.
¡suerte!
break a leg!
The theatrical tradition of telling an actor about to go on stage to 'break a leg', may have its origin in a German phrase borrowed from Hebrew.
suerte del principiante, la
beginner's luck
The article is entitled 'beginner's luck has just run out'.
tener la peor suerte
get + the shit(tty) end of the stick
get + the short end of the stick
get + a raw deal
No matter how you look at it you are getting the shit end of the stick.
Statistics show that women usually get the short end of the stick when their marriages break up.
Boys are getting a raw deal because the education system dramatically favours girls, a leading academic has warned.
tener suerte
be lucky
count + Posesivo + blessings
get + lucky
strike + gold
hit + the jackpot
strike + lucky
be in for a good thing
come in for + a good thing
be into a good thing
be in luck
cut + a fat hog
get + a break
get + a lucky break
have + a stroke of luck
have + luck
'We were lucky you happened to be sitting in your dean's office when I called about the position, and that you could come over for an interview right away'.
The article 'Count your blessings' evaluates the features and performance of 7 log-file analyzers designed to analyze the traffic using World Wide Web (WWW) Web sites.
The article is entitled 'Sports get lucky with lotteries lolly'.
That was a Gold Rush term: the money a miner needed for grub until he struck gold.
Many gamblers dream about the day that they will hit the jackpot.
It's a bit like a lottery - sometimes you strike lucky and become rich and famous.
The value of shares were steadily rising and we began to hope that we might be in for a good thing at last.
They are the kind who complain of their hard luck when some one else happens to come in for a good thing.
They are plainly and simply greedy people who are into a good thing.
We were in luck in that the cheese was both in season and in stock andwe bought a huge wheel for 11 euros.
Nobody is so dumb that they don't see that the Federal Government employees at every level have been cut a fat hog - good salaries, no layoffs.
She finally got a break playing an actress who must choose between a career and marriage.
His dad finally got a lucky break, and working in a law firm is a pretty big break.
You can simply walk into a casino, have a stroke of luck and walk out a millionaire.
I have been trying to establish contacts in Calgary but so far haven't had much luck and so this message to the list.
tener un golpe de suerte
have + a stroke of luck
You can simply walk into a casino, have a stroke of luck and walk out a millionaire.
tentar (a) la suerte
dance with + the devil
take + Posesivo + chances
tempt + fate
press + Posesivo + luck
push + Posesivo + luck
The article 'Dancing with the devil' discusses the difficult relationship which writers have traditionally had with Hollywood film studios.
So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
People often knock on wood when they make a statement which seems to tempt fate.
An English diplomat on the island tried to warn Burton against pressing his luck a second time.
She's not only the most hated person in America, she's also appears to be pushing her luck with her latest gambit.
terminarse la (buena) suerte
run out of + luck
luck + run out
The current president is a 'gambler,' a risk taker with faith - above all in himself - that has run out of luck.
His luck ran out the second time around after surviving an attempt on his life last April.
tocar la peor suerte
get + the shit(tty) end of the stick
get + the short end of the stick
get + a raw deal
No matter how you look at it you are getting the shit end of the stick.
Statistics show that women usually get the short end of the stick when their marriages break up.
Boys are getting a raw deal because the education system dramatically favours girls, a leading academic has warned.
traer mala suerte
jinx
She's afraid of becoming too involved with anyone for fear that she'll 'jinx' them like she 'jinxed' her husband.
