| Formas compostas: |
| Inglês | Português |
| as luck would have it adv | idiom (fortunately) | felizmente adv |
| As luck would have it, the bus was late too, so I managed to catch it after all. |
| Felizmente, o ônibus também estava atrasado, então eu consegui pegá-lo no final das contas. |
| as luck would have it adv | idiom, ironic (unfortunately) | por azar loc adv |
| As luck would have it, the strike started the day I was due to fly out on holiday. |
| bad luck n | (misfortune) | má sorte loc |
| We suffered a lot of bad luck with the weather. |
| Nós tivemos muita má sorte com o tempo. |
| Bad luck! interj | (commiserations) (pessoas: saída em massa) | sair aos trambolhões loc v |
| I heard you failed your driving test. Bad luck! |
| beginner's luck n | (success despite inexperience) | sorte de principiante loc sf |
| Joe attributed his success to beginner's luck. |
| Best of luck interj | (expressing wishes for [sb]'s success) | Boa sorte! interj |
chance your arm,
chance your luck v expr | (take a risk) | arriscar vt |
| curse your luck v expr | informal, figurative (feel unlucky) | reclamar da própria sorte loc v |
| good luck n | (good fortune) | boa sorte adj + sf |
| It was such good luck that I ran into him yesterday. This item brings me good luck. |
| Foi uma tremenda boa sorte ter esbarrado com ele ontem. Esse item me traz boa sorte. |
| good luck charm n | (trinket worn for good fortune) | amuleto da sorte n |
| Many people carry a rabbit's foot or four-leaf clover for a good luck charm. |
| Muita gente carrega um pé de coelho ou trevo de quatro folhas como amuleto da sorte. |
| good luck soup n | (bean soup of southern US) (sopa de feijão do sul dos EUA) | sopa da sorte loc sf |
| Good luck! interj | (used to wish [sb] good fortune) (usado para desejar boa sorte a alguém) | boa sorte! interj |
| Today's your test? Good luck! |
| hard luck n | (misfortune) | azar sm |
| Hard luck! interj | (showing compassion) | Que azar! interj |
| Hard luck, guys! Hopefully you'll do better next time. |
| Hard luck! interj | (showing lack of compassion) | Azar o seu! interj |
| You didn't want that? Well, hard luck! |
| hard-luck adj | (relating to unfavorable conditions) | azarada adj |
| Tired of all the hard-luck updates her friend kept posting on social media, Tania unfriended him. |
| O homem nos contou uma história azarada antes de nos pedir por dinheiro. |
| hard-luck story n | (account of [sb]'s misfortune) | história de azar sf + prep + sm |
| The man told us a hard-luck story, before asking us for money. |
| the luck of the draw n | (chance) (chance) | questão de sorte sf |
| There's no way of guaranteeing you'll win the lottery - it's just the luck of the draw. |
| Não meios de garantir que você vai ganhar na loteria - é uma questão de sorte. |
| out of luck adj | informal (unlucky) | sem sorte loc adj |
| I'm afraid you're out of luck; there are no tickets left. |
pot luck,
potluck n | informal, figurative, uncountable (whatever is available) (figurado, informal) | o que rolar expres |
| Sometimes you can choose, but usually it's pot luck. |
| pot luck n | US (meal: guests bring food) | festa americana loc sf |
| I'll cook up some ratatouille to bring along to the pot luck. |
pot luck supper,
potluck dinner,
potluck party n | US (meal: guests bring food) (jantar no qual os convidados trazem alimentos para compartilhar) | festa americana loc sf |
| Joe brought grilled hotdogs to the potluck party, and I brought dessert. |
| push your luck v expr | (be too confident) | abusar da sorte expres v |
| rotten luck n | informal (misfortune) | azar sm |
| The lack of snow for the Winter Olympics was rotten luck. |
| What rotten luck! - she broke her leg just days before her big dance recital. |
| stroke of luck n | (fortunate occurrence) | golpe de sorte sm |
| By a stroke of luck, I found a parking space on the crowded street. |
| It was a stroke of luck that brought us together. |
take pot luck,
take potluck v expr | (accept what is available) | aceitar o que vier expres v |
| When you book a last-minute holiday, you often take pot luck with the hotel. |
| tough luck n | informal (misfortune) | má sorte, falta de sorte sf |
| azar sm |
| Albert's had tough luck all his life. |
| tough luck interj | informal (that's unfortunate) (informal, figurado) | que pena interj |
| Tough luck you can't find your car keys! |
| Tough luck! interj | slang (being dismissive of [sb]'s misfortune) | que vida difícil! interj |
| (irônico) | que falta de sorte! interj |
| (irônico) | é muita falta de sorte! interj |
| try your luck expr | (attempt [sth] uncertain) | tenta a sorte expres v |
| with luck adv | (if good fortune prevails) | com sorte loc adv |
| worse luck interj | informal (unfortunately) | infelizmente adv |
