fortune

fortuna

Cantidad muy grande de dinero.

En inglés sencillo: A very large amount of money.

• That car cost a fortune.
• She made her fortune selling furniture.
• He inherited a small fortune from his uncle.

Sinónimos: wealth, riches

Expresiones frecuentes: a small fortune, make a fortune, cost a fortune, inherit a fortune

suerte, fortuna

Cosas buenas que le ocurren a alguien por casualidad.

En inglés sencillo: Good things that happen to you by chance.

• We wished her good fortune.
• By good fortune, a doctor was nearby.
• They had the good fortune to find cheap tickets.

Cómo se usa: have the good fortune to do something (I had the good fortune to meet my favorite writer.)

Sinónimos: luck, good luck

Antónimos: misfortune

Expresiones frecuentes: good fortune, have the fortune, a stroke of fortune

futuro, fortuna

Lo que alguien predice sobre tu futuro, normalmente leyendo las cartas o las líneas de la mano.

En inglés sencillo: What someone says will happen in your future, often by looking at cards or your hand.

• She offered to tell my fortune.
• He read her fortune from a pack of cards.
• Do you believe the fortune she told you?

Sinónimos: prediction

Expresiones frecuentes: tell someone’s fortune, read someone’s fortune, someone’s fortune

destino, suerte

Lo que ocurre o va a ocurrir en la vida de alguien, especialmente sus éxitos y momentos felices.

En inglés sencillo: The things that happen or will happen in your life, especially successful or happy ones.

• He left home to seek his fortune.
• Their fortunes changed when the factory opened.
• No one knew what fortune awaited them abroad.

Sinónimos: fate, destiny

Expresiones frecuentes: seek your fortune, someone’s fortune, change someone’s fortune

Fortuna

La suerte imaginada como una persona que puede beneficiar o perjudicar a la gente.

En inglés sencillo: Luck imagined as a person who can help or harm people.

• Fortune smiled on our little village.
• Fortune favors those who dare to try.
• Cruel fortune had taken everything from him.

Expresiones frecuentes: fortune smiles, fortune favors, cruel fortune