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desventura

misfortune

noun des-ben-TOO-rah Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Also means

adversity

Usage Note

Desventura combines the prefix des- (reversal) with ventura (fortune/luck), giving it a slightly literary or old-fashioned register — you'd hear desgracia or mala suerte in everyday speech. It often appears in the plural desventuras to describe a string of troubles. The related adjective is desventurado ('unfortunate, wretched').

Examples

"La vida está llena de desventuras."

Natural Translation

Life is full of misfortunes.

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