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Meanings of bad luck in English

Portuguese
zica
Catalan
malastrugança
Spanish
desgracia

An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.

        zica
        Portuguese
        má sorte
        Catalan
        mala sort
        Spanish
        desgracia

        An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes.

            má sorte
            Usage of bad luck in English
            1
            It was bad luck to think about good luck in a war.
            Ilse Witch
            2
            Real serious about her job, especially with her run of bad luck.
            Snow melts in spring
            3
            Thais believe water washes away bad luck and helps usher in prosperity.
            Reuters
            4
            I thought I was surely in for seven years of bad luck.
            Huck: the remarkable true story of how one lost puppy taught a f...
            5
            His bad luck spelled the end of our piano lessons in London.
            The Biography of a Rabbit
            6
            No one wants bad luck, especially not senior management of international corporations.
            Bangkok 8
            7
            Never begin a piece of work on Friday; it is bad luck.
            Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
            8
            At breakfast I upset the can uh salt; which is bad luck.
            The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories
            9
            She had had very bad luck in the last year or two.
            Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa
            10
            Everything else that happened that morning was mostly bad luck and timing.
            While i'm falling
            11
            It was bad luck to speak of what happened below the earth.
            Nefertiti
            12
            People were beginning to call Station 29 the department's bad luck station.
            The smoke room: a novel of suspense
            13
            No-one hurt; just bad luck that we were there at the time.
            The Lady of the Rivers
            14
            It also had bad luck as sentiment towards new listings slid worldwide.
            Reuters
            15
            They accused their bad luck; they pretended that fate was against them.
            L'Assommoir
            16
            He had bad luck too in picking victims with belligerent big brothers.
            Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents
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            Translations for bad luck
            Spanish
            desgracia
            Bad luck through the time
            Bad luck across language varieties
            Australia
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Common
            United States of America
            Common
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