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afortunado

English translation: lucky at cards, unlucky at love

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Spanish term or phrase:afortunado
English translation:lucky at cards, unlucky at love
Entered by: sexysaddie

18:18 Jan 9, 2006
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: afortunado
"afortunado" en el juego, desafortunado en el amor
sexysaddie
lucky at cards, unlucky at love
Explanation:
Esto es una frase hecha, con 1.480 citaciones en Google aún entre comillas:
"lucky at cards, unlucky at love"

Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 1,480 de "lucky at cards, unlucky at love". (0.44 segundos)
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Gerard Burns Jr.
United States
Local time: 17:41
Grading comment
Thanks!!!!!!!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3lucky
swisstell
5 +2lucky at cards, unlucky at love
Gerard Burns Jr.
4 +2Lucky at the craps table, unlucky in love.
Robert Forstag
5lucky in war, unlucky in love
bigedsenior


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
lucky


Explanation:
lucky at play, unlucky in love

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 00:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcela García Henríquez
1 min
agree  Sol
1 min
agree  Ana Brassara
13 mins
neutral  Kim Metzger: Falso amigo: juego is cards or gambling, here, not "play". http://www.madridman.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=g...
35 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Afortunado en el juego, desafortunado en el amor.
Lucky at the craps table, unlucky in love.


Explanation:
Substitute the referent's preferred form of gambling (e.g., "at the track", "at the slots", etc.) for "at the craps table" and you have your translation.

Good luck!

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 18:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 46

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: I wouldn't go as far as "craps table" but gambling should work.
34 mins
  -> Thank you, Kim.
agree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver
1 day 45 mins
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
lucky in war, unlucky in love


Explanation:
HTH

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bigedsenior
Local time: 15:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
lucky at cards, unlucky at love


Explanation:
Esto es una frase hecha, con 1.480 citaciones en Google aún entre comillas:
"lucky at cards, unlucky at love"

Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 1,480 de "lucky at cards, unlucky at love". (0.44 segundos)

Gerard Burns Jr.
United States
Local time: 17:41
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thanks!!!!!!!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger
5 mins
agree  Edward Tully: correct!
9 mins
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