afortunado

What does “afortunado” mean in English?

1. fortunate, lucky — having good fortune; favoured by circumstances

   fortunate, lucky — having good fortune; favoured by circumstances (persona afortunada, coincidencia afortunada)

Example sentences

• Fue muy afortunado que el incendio se detectara de madrugada, cuando el edificio estaba vacío y no hubo víctimas.

  It was very fortunate that the fire was detected in the early hours, when the building was empty and there were no casualties.

• Somos afortunados de vivir en una sociedad donde la libertad de prensa está protegida por la constitución.

  We are fortunate to live in a society where press freedom is protected by the constitution.

How to use it

Afortunado/a means 'fortunate, lucky' — having good fortune; favoured by circumstances. Common constructions: ser afortunado de + infinitive, qué afortunado (exclamative). Ser/estar: ser for character ('es una persona afortunada'); estar for a specific instance ('estuvimos afortunados en esa decisión'). Collocations: coincidencia afortunada, elección afortunada.

Topics

• Evaluative
• Abstract themes

Related Upper-intermediate words

• enorme
• principal
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