lucky in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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lucky <luckier, luckiest> [Am ˈləki, Brit ˈlʌki] ADJ

1. lucky person:

lucky
con suerte
lucky
afortunado
lucky
suertudo LatAm inf
who's the lucky man/woman?
¿quién es el afortunado/la afortunada?
he was born lucky
nació con suerte
if we're lucky …
si tenemos suerte …
if we're lucky …
con un poco de suerte …
you can think yourself lucky I didn't tell her
puedes darte por contento de que no se lo dijera
to be lucky to + infin he's lucky to be alive
tuvo suerte de no matarse
she was lucky enough to be selected
tuvo la suerte de que la seleccionaran
you'll be lucky to find him there
me extrañaría que lo encontraras allí
lucky you/him! inf
¡qué suerte (tienes/tiene)!
borrow my car? you should be so lucky or Brit you'll be lucky inf
¿que te preste el coche? ¡ni soñarlo! or ¡ni lo sueñes! inf
a pay increase? I should be so lucky inf
¿un aumento de sueldo? ¡qué más quisiera (yo)! inf
third time lucky
la tercera es la vencida

happy-go-lucky [Am ˈˌhæpi ˌɡoʊ ˈləki, Brit ˌhapɪɡəʊˈlʌki] ADJ

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lucky in the PONS Dictionary

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lucky Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to thank one's lucky stars
dar las gracias a Dios
the lucky/best/main thing
lo bueno/mejor/principal
to be lucky in love
tener suerte en el amor
to be lucky in that
tener la suerte de que +subj
to make a lucky guess
acertar por pura casualidad
I should be so lucky! inf
¡ojalá!
he/she was on a lucky streak
se le sopló la musa (en un juego)
to have been born under a lucky star
haber nacido con buena estrella
this time he/she had a lucky escape
esta vez se escapó de milagro
lucky at cards, unlucky in love prov
desgraciado en el juego, afortunado en amores prov
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He was also very lucky on many occasions.
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Lucky 13 was active from 2008 to early 2011.
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We were lucky because if we had hit solid ground we would have been dead.
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This was lucky for him, since he was able to rent himself for about $100 to $120 per year.
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Most of us don't need anything; we're lucky in that regard.
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With only one day of rain and the rest of the week being sunny, this festival also ranks as one with a lucky weather.
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It is just lucky that fashion now agrees with me.
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I'm very lucky they pitched it to me.
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Part of it was because of our own tenacity, and part of it was because we were lucky.
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One woman had a very lucky escape from death.
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