milagro

intj.

extraordinary.

m.

miracle.

fue un milagro que nos encontráramos it was a wonder o miracle we found each other

se acordó de mi cumpleaños — ¡milagro! he remembered my birthday — wonders will never cease!

de milagro: me acordé de su cumpleaños de milagro by some miracle or other o amazingly enough, I remembered his birthday

cupieron todos de milagro it was a wonder o miracle that they all fitted in

hacer milagros (figurative) to work wonders

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milagro

► nombre masculino

1 miracle

■ no se ha caído de milagro it's a miracle it hasn't fallen over

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FRASEOLOGÍA

contar su vida y milagros to tell one's life story

hacer milagros to work miracles

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noun m.

1) miracle

2) wonder

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1.

SM (Rel) miracle; (fig) miracle, wonder

es un milagro que ... — it is a miracle o wonder that ...

milagro (sería) que ... — it would be a miracle if ...

• de milagro, se salvaron de milagro — they had a miraculous escape, it was a miracle they escaped

vivir de milagro — to somehow manage to keep body and soul together

ese CD aquí no se consigue ni de milagro — you can't get that CD here for love nor money

• hacer milagros, un buen maquillaje puede hacer milagros — decent make-up can work wonders

no podemos hacer milagros — we can't work miracles

milagro económico — economic miracle

2.

ADJ INV miracle antes de s , miraculous

cura milagro — miracle cure

entrenador milagro — super-coach, wonder-coach

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masculino miracle

tú por aquí qué milagro! — well, imagine o (BrE) fancy seeing you here!

es un milagro que no llegaras tarde — it's a wonder you weren't late

alcancé el tren de milagro — by a miracle I caught the train

escaparon de milagro — they had a miraculous escape

hacer milagros — to work wonders

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= miracle.

Ex. Given such a narrow area in which to write it would be argued that the miracle is how so many authors can continue to find new twists to such a restricted basic theme.

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* contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros = spill + Posesivo + guts.

* hacer milagros = work + wonders, work + miracles.

* milagro de la creación, el = miracle of creation, the.

* milagro de la naturaleza = miracle of nature.

* realizar milagros = accomplish + miracles.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* salvarse de milagro = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* sobrevivir de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

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masculino miracle

tú por aquí qué milagro! — well, imagine o (BrE) fancy seeing you here!

es un milagro que no llegaras tarde — it's a wonder you weren't late

alcancé el tren de milagro — by a miracle I caught the train

escaparon de milagro — they had a miraculous escape

hacer milagros — to work wonders

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= miracle.

Ex: Given such a narrow area in which to write it would be argued that the miracle is how so many authors can continue to find new twists to such a restricted basic theme.

* contar + Posesivo + propia vida y milagros = spill + Posesivo + guts.

* hacer milagros = work + wonders, work + miracles.

* milagro de la creación, el = miracle of creation, the.

* milagro de la naturaleza = miracle of nature.

* realizar milagros = accomplish + miracles.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* salvarse de milagro = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* sobrevivir de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

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milagro

masculine

1 (Relig) miracle

2 (hecho insólito, asombroso) miracle

tú por aquí ¡qué milagro! well, imagine o (BrE) fancy seeing you here!

es un milagro que no llegaras tarde con este tráfico it's a wonder you weren't late with all this traffic

salió con vida de milagro it was a miracle that she got out of there alive

cogí el tren de milagro by a miracle I caught the train o miraculously, I caught the train

escaparon de milagro they had a miraculous escape, it was a miracle that they escaped

hacer milagros to work wonders

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milagro sustantivo masculino
miracle;

◊ alcancé el tren de milagro by a miracle I caught the train;

escaparon de milagro they had a miraculous escape;
hacer milagros to work wonders
milagro sustantivo masculino miracle
♦ Locuciones: familiar de milagro, it's a miracle o it's a wonder: hemos llegado de milagro, it's a miracle we've arrived

'milagro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hacer
- prodigio
- supuesto
English:
miracle
- short
- wonder
- lucky
- narrow
- walking

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milagro nm

1. [crédulo] miracle;

Fig

hacer milagros to work wonders

2. [cosa sorprendente] wonder, miracle;

fue un milagro que nos encontráramos it was a wonder o miracle we found each other;

se acordó de mi cumpleaños – ¡milagro! he remembered my birthday – wonders will never cease!;

de milagro: cupieron todos de milagro it was a wonder o miracle that they all fitted in;

me acordé de su cumpleaños de milagro by some miracle or other o amazingly enough, I remembered his birthday

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milagro

m miracle;

hacer milagros work miracles;

de milagro miraculously, by a miracle

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milagro nm

: miracle

de milagro: miraculously

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milagro n miracle