dicha

f.

1 joy.

2 happiness, bliss, joy, felicity.

3 earthly bliss, blessedness.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: decir.

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dicha

► nombre femenino

1 (alegría) happiness

2 (suerte) fortune, good luck

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FRASEOLOGÍA

nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena better late than never

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noun f.

happiness

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SF

1) (=felicidad) happiness

para completar su dicha — to complete her happiness

es una dicha poder ... — it is a happy thing to be able to ...

2) (=suerte) good luck

por dicha — fortunately

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femenino

a) (felicidad) happiness

qué dicha verlos a todos reunidos! — what a joy to see you all together!

qué dicha! dejó de llover — (AmL fam) fantastic o wonderful! it's stopped raining!

b) (suerte) good luck, good fortune

nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena — better late than never

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femenino

a) (felicidad) happiness

qué dicha verlos a todos reunidos! — what a joy to see you all together!

qué dicha! dejó de llover — (AmL fam) fantastic o wonderful! it's stopped raining!

b) (suerte) good luck, good fortune

nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena — better late than never

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dicha¹

¹ = bliss, happiness, joy, felicity.

Ex: Keats contrasted the grim facts of reality, as he had just seen them, with the sense of bliss stirred in him by the song of the nightingale.

Ex: I thank you most sincerely for the happiness your books have given me.

Ex: In an authority list, the terms, whether descriptors or non-descriptors, may be single words (e.g., Hosiery, Journalism, Lingerie), or phrases of two or three words (e.g., Electric meters, Electric power plants, joy and sorrow).

Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.

* dicha de vivir = joie de vivre.

dicha²

² = good fortune.

Ex: There is an element of good fortune involved in being in the right place at the right time and it is essential to take the best advantage of whatever opportunities arise.

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dicha

feminine

1

(felicidad) happiness: el nacimiento del niño vino a colmar la dicha de la pareja the birth of their child made the couple's joy o happiness complete

¡qué dicha ver a toda la familia reunida! what a joy to see the whole family together!

¡qué dicha! dejó de llover (CS fam); fantastic o wonderful! it's stopped raining!

2 (suerte) good luck, good fortune

tuvo la dicha de presenciar aquel espectáculo irrepetible she had the good fortune to witness that unique sight

nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena better late than never

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dicha sustantivo femenino

a) (felicidad) happiness;

◊ ¡qué dicha verlos a todos reunidos! what a joy to see you all together!;

¡qué dicha! dejó de llover (AmL fam) fantastic o wonderful! it's stopped raining!

b) (suerte) good luck, good fortune;

◊ nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena better late than never

dicho,-a
I adjetivo
1 said, mentioned: ya os lo tengo dicho, I've told you before
dicho de otro modo, in other words
2 (mencionado con anterioridad) dicha publicación, the above-mentioned publication
II m (refrán, sentencia) saying
♦ Locuciones: dicho y hecho, no sooner said than done
mejor dicho, or rather
dicha sustantivo femenino
1 happiness
2 good luck
'dicha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dicho
- ventura
- alegría
English:
bliss
- itself
- joy
- joyous

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dicha nf

1. [felicidad] joy;

la noticia la colmó de dicha the news filled her with joy;

es una dicha contar con tu presencia it's marvellous to have you here

2. [suerte] good fortune;

esta asociación, a la que tengo la dicha de pertenecer… this association, to which I have the good fortune to belong…

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dicha

f

1 (felicidad) happiness

2 (suerte) good luck

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dicha nf

1) suerte: good luck

2) felicidad: happiness, joy