potra

f.

1 filly (yegua joven).

2 luck (informal) (suerte).

tener potra to be lucky o jammy (British)

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potra

► nombre femenino

1 familiar (suerte) luck

■ ¡qué potra tienes! you're really jammy!

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SF

1) (Zool) filly

2) * (=suerte) luck, jam *

de potra — luckily, by luck

tener potra — to be jammy *

3) (Med) (=hernia) rupture, hernia

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femenino

a) (arg) (suerte) luck

qué potra tiene! — she's so lucky!

b) (fam) (hernia) rupture, hernia; ver tb potro 1) a)

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femenino

a) (arg) (suerte) luck

qué potra tiene! — she's so lucky!

b) (fam) (hernia) rupture, hernia; ver tb potro 1) a)

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potra¹

¹ = filly.

Ex: She hates being described as a war-horse next to Kelly the filly, but she has had 20 more years of political experience.

potra²

² = fluke.

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

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

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potra

feminine

1 (arg) (suerte) luck

¡qué potra tiene! she's so lucky!, she has all the luck!, she's so jammy! (BrE colloq)

2 (fam) (hernia) rupture, hernia ver tb potro m,f A 1. (↑ potro)

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potra f fam luck
¡qué potra!, how lucky!
'potra' also found in these entries:
English:
filly
- foal

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potra nf

1. [yegua joven] filly

2. Fam [suerte] luck;

¡qué potra! how lucky can you get!;

tener potra to be lucky o Br jammy

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potra

f

1 ZO filly

2 fam (suerte) luck;

tener potra fam be lucky