ill-starred in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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desastrado (desastrada) ADJ

I.santo2 (santa) N m (f) santo

1. santo (persona):

santo (santa)
saint
imágenes de santos
images of saints
se ha portado como una santa
she's been a little angel
no te hagas el santo
don't act o come over all virtuous
se necesita una paciencia de santo para ese trabajo
you need the patience of a saint to do that kind of work
tu madre es una santa
your mother's a saint
la fiesta de todos los Santos
All Saints' (Day)
¡por todos los santos!
for Heaven's o goodness' sake!
¿a santo de qué? o ¿a qué santo? inf
why on earth? inf
¿a qué santo tuviste que ir a decírselo?
why on earth did you have to go and tell him?
cada uno o cada cual para su santo inf nada de pagar tú todo, cada uno para su santo
you're not footing the bill, everyone can pay for themselves o pay their share
trabaja cada cual para su santo
everyone is just working for themselves
comerse los santos inf
to be very holy
con el santo de espaldas
ill-starred
con el santo de espaldas
unlucky
darse de santos Mex inf
to think oneself lucky inf
desnudar o desvestir a un santo para vestir a otro
to rob Peter to pay Paul
ni tanto que queme al santo, ni tanto que no lo alumbre Col
try to strike a happy medium
no es santo de mi/tu/su devoción
he/she is not my/your/his favorite person
no sé/sabía a qué santo encomendarme inf
I don't/didn't know which way to turn inf
quedarse para vestir santos
to be left on the shelf
se me/le fue el santo al cielo
it went right out of my/his head
ser llegar y besar el santo inf no te creas que fue llegar y besar el santo
don't think it was just handed to me/him on a plate o that it just fell into my/his lap
te/le sienta como a un santo un par de pistolas inf, hum
it looks awful on you/him o it doesn't suit you/him at all
tener santos en la corte Chil inf
to have friends in high places inf

II.santo N m

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un día infausto
an ill-fated o ill-starred day liter

ill-starred in the PONS Dictionary

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malapata N mf (patoso)

1. pata tb. ANAT:

pata
leg
pata (de un perro, un gato)
paw
pata (de una silla, una mesa)
leg
pata de gallo BOT
goosefoot
pata de gallo (dibujo)
check
patas de gallo (en el rostro)
crow's feet
pata de palo
wooden leg
estirar la pata inf
to kick the bucket
ir a pata inf
to go on foot
patas arriba
upside down
la habitación está patas arriba
the room has been turned upside down
poner todo patas arriba
to turn everything upside down
a la pata coja
hopping
a (la) pata llana
simply
a cuatro patas
on all fours
meter la pata inf (cometer una indiscreción)
to put one's foot in it
poner a alguien de patas en la calle inf
to throw sb out
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English
This it duly did with the ill-starred four hikes in 2014.
www.interest.co.nz
That was an ill-starred appointment indeed.
theconversation.com
He described to be very harsh and was called as ill-starred idealist.
en.wikipedia.org
Either they'd make something of their current, ill-starred lineup or blow it apart and start over.
www.blazersedge.com
Cue also a vividly-depicted storm during which occurs the first of a series of misfortunes that will befall the ill-starred couple.
www.rte.ie
Here is a second extract from the archived media release of that momentous but ill-starred day.
blogs.crikey.com.au
There were still a few traces of the revolution and its ill-starred aftermath.
news.nationalpost.com
Not at all because 2016 was lacking for worthwhile movies, but because the year itself was so exhausting and ill-starred and inconceivably, time-bendingly long.
www.slate.com
During the year 1843 the air was full of different conspiracies and various other ill-starred attempts at nationalist uprisings were made.
en.wikipedia.org
That trip bridged 800 years of a tempestuous and ill-starred relationship and for the first time put the former warring neighbors on equal and peaceful footing.
www.irishcentral.com

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