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- 'ses-adjective ((negative unsuccessful) having success: Were you successful in finding a new house?; The successful applicant for this job will be required to start work next month; a successful career.) afortunado; exitoso; fructuososuccessful adj de éxitotr[sək'sesfʊl]1 (person, career, film) de éxito; (plan, performance, attempt) acertado,-a, logrado,-a; (business) próspero,-a; (marriage) feliz; (meeting) satisfactorio,-a, positivo,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be successful in doing something conseguir hacer algoto be successful in life triunfar en la vidasuccessful [sək'sɛsfəl] adj: exitoso, logrado♦ successfully advadj.• acertado, -a adj.• afortunado, -a adj.• bienaventurado, -a adj.• dichoso, -a adj.• exitoso, -a adj.• feliz adj.• lucido, -a adj.• próspero, -a adj.sək'sesfəlhe was successful at last — finalmente lo logró or lo consiguió
to be successful IN -ING: they were successful in persuading their colleagues — lograron convencer a sus colegas
[sǝk'sesfʊl]ADJ1)to be successful —
a) [campaign, scheme, attempt, book] tener éxito; [plan, strategy, experiment] salir bienthe company has been very successful over the past five years — a la empresa le ha ido muy bien en los últimos cinco años
the film was very successful at the box office — la película fue muy taquillera or fue todo un éxito de taquilla
the film is successful at capturing the atmosphere of the time — la película consigue or logra captar el ambiente de la época
b) [person] (=do well) tener éxito; (=reach the top) triunfarthe secret of being successful with men — el secreto para tener éxito or triunfar con los hombres
we have been successful at achieving our objectives — hemos conseguido or logrado alcanzar nuestros objetivos
we have not been very successful at or in attracting new contracts — no hemos tenido mucho éxito a la hora de atraer nuevos contratos
a) (=winning) [product, film, novelist] de éxitoone of the most successful movies of all time — una de las películas de más éxito de todos los tiempos
b) (=prosperous) [company, businessperson] prósperoc) (=effective) [treatment, remedy] eficaza generally successful attempt to adapt this novel — una adaptación, en general lograda, de esta novela
d) (=satisfactory) [conclusion] satisfactorio; [deal] favorableit was a successful end to an excellent campaign — fue un final satisfactorio para una campaña excelente
there is little hope of a successful outcome to the meeting — hay pocas esperanzas de que la reunión dé resultados satisfactorios
e) [applicant]* * *[sək'sesfəl]he was successful at last — finalmente lo logró or lo consiguió
to be successful IN -ING: they were successful in persuading their colleagues — lograron convencer a sus colegas
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