afortunadamente

/afoɾtuˌnadaˈmente/ · B1 · adv

fortunately

🍀 a-fortuna-da-mente = with fortune + -ly: fortunately

Built from fortuna (luck, as in English fortune), made into afortunado (lucky), plus -mente, the Spanish -ly ending. So the word reads, piece by piece, as luck-ed-ly.

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