unfortunate

unfortunate
adjective
1) (unlucky: He has been very unfortunate.) desafortunado, desgraciado, desventurado
2) (regrettable: He has an unfortunate habit of giggling all the time.) infeliz, inoportuno
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unfortunate adj desafortunado
unfortunate
tr[ʌn'fɔːʧənət]
adjective
1 (person) desgraciado,-a, desafortunado,-a; (event) desgraciado,-a
2 (remark) desafortunado,-a
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
how unfortunate! ¡qué mala suerte!, ¡qué pena!
unfortunate [.ʌn'fɔrʧənət] adj
1) unlucky: desgraciado, infortunado, desafortunado
how unfortunate!: ¡qué mala suerte!
2) inappropriate: inoportuno
an unfortunate comment: un comentario poco feliz
unfortunate n
: desgraciado m, -da f
unfortunate
adj.
• aciago, -a adj.
• azaroso, -a adj.
• desafortunado, -a adj.
• desastrado, -a adj.
• desdichado, -a adj.
• desgraciado, -a adj.
• desventurado, -a adj.
• fatal adj.
• infausto, -a adj.
• infeliz adj.
• infortunado, -a adj.
• malandante adj.
• malaventurado, -a adj.
• malogrado, -a adj.
• pobre adj.
• pobrete adj.
n.
• desgraciado s.m.

I ʌn'fɔːrtʃṇət, ʌn'fɔːtʃənət
adjective
a) (unlucky) <coincidence> desafortunado, desventurado (liter)

he has been very unfortunate — ha tenido muy mala suerte

it was unfortunate that the weather was so bad — fue una pena que hiciera tan mal tiempo

b) (unsuitable) <remark> desafortunado, inoportuno, poco feliz; <choice of words> desacertado, desafortunado, poco feliz; <habit> lamentable

II
noun desgraciado, -da m,f
[ʌn'fɔːtʃnɪt]
1. ADJ
1) (=deserving of pity, unlucky)

how very unfortunate! — ¡qué mala suerte!, ¡qué desgracia!

you have been most unfortunate — ha tenido usted muy mala suerte

we must help these unfortunate people — debemos ayudar a estas personas tan desafortunadas

he was unfortunate enough to be caught — tuvo la desgracia or mala suerte de que lo cogieran or pillaran

it is most unfortunate that he left — es una lástima or muy de lamentar que se haya ido

2) (=unsuitable, regrettable) [remark] poco acertado, inoportuno; [incident, consequences, tendency] lamentable

it was an unfortunate choice of words — las palabras que se eligieron fueron poco acertadas

2.
N desgraciado(-a) m / f
* * *

I [ʌn'fɔːrtʃṇət, ʌn'fɔːtʃənət]
adjective
a) (unlucky) <coincidence> desafortunado, desventurado (liter)

he has been very unfortunate — ha tenido muy mala suerte

it was unfortunate that the weather was so bad — fue una pena que hiciera tan mal tiempo

b) (unsuitable) <remark> desafortunado, inoportuno, poco feliz; <choice of words> desacertado, desafortunado, poco feliz; <habit> lamentable

II
noun desgraciado, -da m,f

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