Today's
WOTD is: "desgracia" = misfortune
In
Spanish, “desgracia”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
misfortune
or bad
luck,
as in:
- La desgracia parece acompañarnos por dondequiera que vamos (misfortune/ bad luck seems to follow us wherever we go);
The noun “desgracia”
is also often used to refer to adversity, hardship or
poverty.
A related word is “desgraciadamente”, unfortunately, as in:
A related word is “desgraciadamente”, unfortunately, as in:
- Desgraciadamente, hoy no puedo asistir a clase de español (unfortunately, today I can't attend my Spanish lesson);
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “desgracia”
are:
- Caer en desgracia (to fall on hard times);
- Por desgracia (unfortunately);
- Por desgracia, hoy no puedo asistir a clase de español (unfortunately, today I can't attend my Spanish lesson)
- Por suerte o por desgracia (whether we like or not);
- Por suerte o por desgracia estamos aquí (whether we like it or not, we are here);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "desgracia" in the YouTube clip: Pituquitos - La desgracia'
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “desgracia”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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