chiripa

f.

1 fluke (informal).

de o por chiripa by luck

2 stroke of luck, lucky break, lucky strike, fluke.

3 cockroach.

4 palm.

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chiripa

► nombre femenino

1 (en el billar) fluke, lucky stroke, scratch

2 figurado (suerte) fluke

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de chiripa / por chiripa familiar by a fluke, by sheer luck

■ ganó por chiripa he won by sheer luck, he won by a fluke

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SF

1) * (=casualidad) fluke, stroke of luck

de o por chiripa — by a fluke, by chance

2) (Billar) lucky break

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femenino

1) (fam) (casualidad) fluke

de or por chiripa — (fam) by sheer luck, by a fluke

2) (Ven)

a) (insecto) cockroach

b) (palmera) palm

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= fluke.

Ex. This correlation between Blacks and low socio-economic status Whites is neither an artifact of methodology nor a sampling fluke.

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* de chiripa = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.

* por chiripa = by chance, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

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femenino

1) (fam) (casualidad) fluke

de or por chiripa — (fam) by sheer luck, by a fluke

2) (Ven)

a) (insecto) cockroach

b) (palmera) palm

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= fluke.

Ex: This correlation between Blacks and low socio-economic status Whites is neither an artifact of methodology nor a sampling fluke.

* de chiripa = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.

* por chiripa = by chance, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

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chiripa

feminine

A (casualidad) fluke

de or por chiripa (fam); by pure o sheer luck

aprobé por chiripa I passed by sheer o pure luck, it was pure fluke o it was a fluke that I passed

B (Ven)

1 (insecto) cockroach

2 (palmera) palm

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Multiple Entries:
chiripa    
chiripá
chiripa sustantivo femenino
1 (fam) (casualidad) fluke;
de or por chiripa (fam) by sheer luck, by a fluke
2 (Ven)

a) (insecto) cockroach

b) (palmera) palm

chiripa sustantivo femenino fluke, luck: fue un gol de chiripa, that goal was a fluke
lo encontró de chiripa, he found it by chance
'chiripa' also found in these entries:
English:
fluke

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chiripa nf

Fam fluke;

¡qué chiripa has tenido! you lucky thing!, you really lucked out there!;

me enteré de o [m5]por chiripa I found out by a fluke

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chiripa

f

:

de chiripa fam by sheer luck

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chiripa nf

1) : fluke

2)

de chiripa : by sheer luck