suerte

From Latin sors, sortem.

suerte f (plural suertes)

1. luck (something that happens to someone by chance)

suerte

1. Alternative form of surete

From Old Spanish suerte, from Latin sortem, singular accusative of sors, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweɾte/ [ˈsweɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -eɾte
• Syllabification: suer‧te

suerte f (plural suertes)

1. luck, fortune
   • 1998, “El Viento”, in Clandestino, performed by Manu Chao:

     Por la frontera
     La suerte viene
     La suerte se va

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. lot, fate

   Esta es mi suerte en la vida, y tengo que aceptarla.

   This is my lot in life, and I have to accept it.

3. sort, kind, type

   Synonym: tipo

4. oracular response
5. (bullfighting) stage in a bullfight
6. (Latin America) lottery ticket

• sortear

• → Cebuano: swerte
• → Tagalog: swerte

¡suerte!

1. good luck!

• “suerte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

suerte

1. Superseded, pre-1977 spelling of suwerte.