suerte

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin sors, sortem.

Noun

suerte f (plural suertes)

1. luck (something that happens to someone by chance)

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Middle English

Noun

suerte

1. Alternative form of surete

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish suerte, from Latin sortem, singular accusative of sors, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweɾte/, [ˈsweɾ.t̪e]

Noun

suerte f (plural suertes)

1. luck, fortune
   • 1998, “El Viento”, in Clandestino, performed by Manu Chao:

     Por la frontera / La suerte viene/ La suerte se va

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. lot, fate

   Esta es mi suerte en la vida, y tengo que aceptarla. ― This is my lot in life, and I have to accept it.

3. sort, kind, type

   Synonym: tipo

4. oracular response
5. (bullfighting) stage in a bullfight
6. (Latin America) lottery ticket

Derived terms

• buena suerte
• galleta de la suerte
• la suerte favorece a los audaces
• mala suerte
• por suerte
• probar suerte
• suerte de principiante
• suertudo
• tentar a la suerte
• uvas de la suerte

 

Related terms

• sortear

Descendants

• → Cebuano: swerte
• → Tagalog: swerte

Interjection

¡suerte!

1. good luck!

Further reading

• “suerte” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.