fate

sorte, destino

Ciò che accade alla fine a qualcuno o qualcosa, soprattutto se negativo.

In inglese semplice: What happens to someone or something in the end, especially something bad.

• Nobody knows his fate.
• Both factories suffered the same fate.
• The court will decide the prisoners’ fate tomorrow.

Come si usa: the fate of someone/something (The fate of the missing ship remains unknown.)

Sinonimi: outcome, destiny

Espressioni comuni: someone’s fate, suffer this fate, escape that fate

destino, fato

Forza che si crede determini ciò che accade nella vita delle persone.

In inglese semplice: A power believed to control what happens in people’s lives.

• Do you believe in fate?
• She felt that fate had brought them together.
• We left the decision to fate and tossed a coin.

Sinonimi: destiny

Espressioni comuni: believe in fate, trust fate, leave to fate

destino

Potere che si ritiene governi gli avvenimenti della vita.

In inglese semplice: A power believed to control what happens in life.

• Perhaps fate brought us together.
• She believed fate controlled her life.
• Would fate give him another chance?

Sinonimi: destiny

Espressioni comuni: cruel fate, trust fate, fate intervenes

predestinare

Rendere inevitabile un evento futuro attraverso il potere del destino.

In inglese semplice: To make a future event certain to happen through the power of destiny.

• They were fated to fall in love.
• The king seemed fated to lose his crown.
• Was she fated to spend her life alone?

Come si usa: be fated to do something (They were fated to meet again.)

Sinonimi: destine, predestine

Espressioni comuni: fate someone to, be fated to