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1 sfortuna
f bad luck, misfortune* * *sfortuna s.f. bad luck [U], ill luck [U]; ( disgrazia) misfortune: perseguitato dalla sfortuna, dogged by bad luck; questa fu una vera sfortuna!, that was a real piece of bad luck!; che sfortuna!, what bad luck! (o how unlucky!); la mia solita sfortuna!, just my luck!; sfortuna in amore, unluckiness in love; mi porta sfortuna, it brings me bad luck // sfortuna volle che non riuscissimo ad arrivare in tempo, unfortunately (o as luck would have it) we couldn't get there in time.* * *[sfor'tuna]sostantivo femminile bad luck, ill luck; (sventura) misfortunesfortuna volle che o la sfortuna ha voluto che... as bad luck would have it,...; avere sfortuna to be unlucky; portare sfortuna to bring bad luck; perseguitato dalla sfortuna dogged by misfortune; che sfortuna! — how unlucky!
* * *sfortuna/sfor'tuna/sostantivo f.bad luck, ill luck; (sventura) misfortune; una serie di -e a series of misfortunes; sfortuna volle che o la sfortuna ha voluto che... as bad luck would have it,...; avere sfortuna to be unlucky; portare sfortuna to bring bad luck; perseguitato dalla sfortuna dogged by misfortune; che sfortuna! how unlucky! -
2 perseguitare
persecute* * *perseguitare v.tr. to persecute; to pursue (anche fig.); to hound; ( di fantasmi, spiriti ecc.) to haunt: furono crudelmente perseguitati, they were cruelly persecuted; perseguitare il nemico, to pursue the enemy; essere perseguitato dai propri creditori, to be hounded by one's creditors; quel sogno mi perseguita, that dream haunts me; il rimorso lo perseguita, remorse pursues him; perseguitare una donna, ( molestarla) to press one's attentions on a woman // la sfortuna mi perseguita, I am dogged by bad luck.* * *[persegwi'tare]verbo transitivo1) (fare oggetto di persecuzioni) to persecute2) (tormentare) to pursue, to harass, to hound; [ incubo] to haunt [ persona]* * *perseguitare/persegwi'tare/ [1]1 (fare oggetto di persecuzioni) to persecute2 (tormentare) to pursue, to harass, to hound; [ incubo] to haunt [ persona]; la sfortuna lo perseguita he's dogged by misfortune. -
3 la sfortuna lo perseguita
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4 perseguitato dalla sfortuna
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5 sventura
f misfortune* * *sventura s.f.1 ( sfortuna) bad luck, misfortune: provato dalla sventura, tried by misfortune; la sventura lo perseguita, he is dogged by bad luck; predire la sventura, to foretell misfortune2 ( disavventura) misfortune; mishap; ( grave sciagura) catastrophe, tragedy: una serie di sventure, a series of misfortunes; ha la sventura di non aver più i genitori, he is unfortunate in having lost his parents; la sua morte fu una sventura per tutti noi, his death was a tragedy for all of us // per sventura, unluckily (o unfortunately) // per colmo di sventura, to crown (o to top) it all: ero stanco e affamato e, per colmo di sventura, persi la valigia, I was tired and hungry and to crown it all I lost my suitcase // compagni di sventura, companions in misfortune (o fellow sufferers).* * *[zven'tura]sostantivo femminile1) (sfortuna) bad luck, ill luck, misfortune2) (disgrazia) misfortune, mishap* * *sventura/zven'tura/sostantivo f.1 (sfortuna) bad luck, ill luck, misfortune; compagno di sventura companion in misfortune2 (disgrazia) misfortune, mishap; avere la sventura di fare to be unlucky enough to do.
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