desafortunado

/desafoɾtuˈnado/ · B2 · adj

without luck

🐈‍⬛ des- (un-) + afortunado (lucky, from fortuna) = unlucky

Afortunado comes from Latin fortuna, luck, the same root as English fortunate. The prefix des- reverses it, like un- or dis- in English. So des + afortunado is the Spanish twin of unfortunate.

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