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English [ edit ]
bad luck (uncountable )
( uncountable ) An undesirable turn of events (such as an accident ); misfortune .
2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport [1] :McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side.
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misfortune
Arabic: نَحْس (ar) ( naḥs ) , سُوءُ الحَظّ ( sūʔu l-ḥaẓẓ )
Bulgarian: лош късме́т m ( loš kǎsmét ) , неща́стие (bg) n ( neštástie ) , несполу́ка (bg) f ( nespolúka ) , малша́нс m ( malšáns )
Catalan: mala sort f
Chichewa: tsoka
Chinese:
Mandarin: 運氣 不好 / 运气 不好 ( yùnqi bùhǎo ) , 壞 運氣 / 坏 运气 ( huài yùnqi ) , 噩運 / 噩运 (zh) ( èyùn ) , 不幸 (zh) ( bùxìng ) , 倒霉 (zh) ( dǎoméi ) , 霉運 / 霉运 (zh) ( méiyùn )
Czech: smůla (cs) f
Danish: uheld (da) n
Dutch: pech (nl) m , ongeluk (nl) n
Esperanto: malbonŝanco
Finnish: huono tuuri
French: guignon (fr) m , guigne (fr) f ( informal ) , malchance (fr) f , poisse (fr) f ( informal ) , manque de bol m , pas de bol m , ( informal ) , manque de cul m ( vulgar )
German: Pech (de) n , Unglück (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: περικάκησις f ( perikákēsis )
Hebrew: נחס (he) ( nakhs )
Hungarian: balszerencse (hu)
Hunsrik: Unglick n
Icelandic: óhamingja f , ógæfa (is) f
Italian: iella (it) f , sfiga (it) f , sfortuna (it) f , malasorte (it) f
Japanese: 不運 (ja) ( ふうん, fuun )
Korean: 불운 (ko) ( burun )
Latin: res adversae f , fortuna mala f , res mala , adversa n pl
Luxembourgish: Ongléck n
Malayalam: നിർഭാഗ്യം ( niṟbhāgyaṁ )
Manx: lag-haghyrt m
Maori: kōtua , kōtuatanga
Mongolian: азгүйдэл ( azgüjdel )
Norwegian: uheld n , uflaks m
Ojibwe: debizi , maazhise
Pennsylvania German: Unglick n
Persian: بدشانسی (fa) ( badšânsi )
Polish: pech (pl) m
Portuguese: azar (pt)
Quechua: qhincha
Romanian: ghinion (ro) n , nenoroc (ro) n
Russian: невезе́ние (ru) n ( nevezénije ) , несча́стье (ru) n ( nesčástʹje ) , неуда́ча (ru) f ( neudáča )
Scottish Gaelic: mì-àdh m
Serbo-Croatian: zlostreća f
Sicilian: scutra (scn) f , malanova (scn) f
Spanish: mala pata (es) f ( informal ) , mala suerte f , mal fario
Swahili: nuksi
Swedish: otur (sv) c
Turkish: kötü şans , kör talih (tr) , şanssızlık (tr) , uğursuzluk (tr)
Volapük: mifät (vo)
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