infortunio

m.

1 calamity, misfortune (hecho desgraciado).

2 mishap, mischance, accident.

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infortunio

► nombre femenino

1 misfortune

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SM (=mala suerte) misfortune, ill luck; (=accidente) mishap

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masculino misfortune

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= mishap, reversal, mischance, misfortune, ill fate.

Ex. The operations staff makes special backup copies of the catalogs in the network, reconstructs the files in case of a serious mishap, enters new system logon names, assigns authorization levels, and so forth.

Ex. Libraries are struggling to hold on and maintain quality in the face of adversity and reversal.

Ex. Lawyers find it problematic to consult psychologists, partly because psychological research may turn up unfavorable data through sheer mischance, eg, an invalid sample.

Ex. The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.

Ex. The sad fact is that the majority of web pages suffer this same ill fate.

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masculino misfortune

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= mishap, reversal, mischance, misfortune, ill fate.

Ex: The operations staff makes special backup copies of the catalogs in the network, reconstructs the files in case of a serious mishap, enters new system logon names, assigns authorization levels, and so forth.

Ex: Libraries are struggling to hold on and maintain quality in the face of adversity and reversal.

Ex: Lawyers find it problematic to consult psychologists, partly because psychological research may turn up unfavorable data through sheer mischance, eg, an invalid sample.

Ex: The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.

Ex: The sad fact is that the majority of web pages suffer this same ill fate.

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infortunio

masculine

misfortune

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infortunio sustantivo masculino misfortune: tuvo el infortunio de perder toda su documentación, she unfortunately lost all of the papers
'infortunio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adversidad
- azar
- desgracia
English:
mischance

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infortunio nm

1. [hecho desgraciado] calamity, misfortune

2. [mala suerte] misfortune, bad luck;

tuvo el infortunio de contraer la enfermedad he had the misfortune to catch the disease

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infortunio

m misfortune, ill fortune

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infortunio nm

1) desgracia: misfortune

2) contratiempo: mishap