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 Translation for 'be lucky' from English to Portuguese
ter sorteto be lucky
ser sortudoto be lucky
estar com sorteto be lucky
Partial Matches
serto be
ser capazto be able
conseguirto be able
estar com fometo be hungry
ser infielto be unfaithful
estar amedrontadoto be frightened
estar com medoto be frightened
pular a cerca [col.]to be unfaithful
chatear-seto be annoyed
ser obrigadoto be compelled
estar sem trabalhoto be unemployed
nascerto be born
vir ao mundoto be born
vir à luzto be born
estar confortávelto be comfortable
estar desempregadoto be unemployed
estar satisfeitoto be satisfied
estar vivoto be alive
não ter razãoto be wrong
não estar com a razãoto be wrong
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Usage Examples English
  • There are typically marked spikes in the birth rates of countries that use the Chinese zodiac or places with substantial Overseas Chinese populations during the year of the Dragon, because such "Dragon babies" are considered to be lucky and have desirable characteristics that supposedly lead to better life outcomes.
  • In such a system one could thus ride the train or bus without paying, and simply hope to be lucky enough to avoid a random ticket check during the trip.
  • Supernova explosions are rare, but Reines thought he might be lucky enough to see one in his lifetime, and be able to catch the neutrinos streaming from it in his specially-designed detectors.
  • She leaves a note saying that living with him is like living with a "chunk of air" and that other women would be lucky to be with him down the road.
  • They would recite a poem in the Manx language at every house and then a boy with dark hair was considered to be lucky for the household and he was given the best food and drink the inhabitants had to share.

  • Another spot in Academic Plaza is also believed to be lucky.
  • Divers and snorkellers may be lucky enough to see blacktip reef sharks or even whale sharks, which come mainly in the winter but can be seen all year round.
  • Yarrow and tortoiseshell are considered to be lucky in Chinese tradition.
  • Cary and the studio eventually settled on "Cary Grant" (Grant thought the letters "C" and "G" to be lucky: they had brought previous success for both Clark Gable and Gary Cooper).
  • He also worked with Daltrey and Pete Townshend on their 2014 single release "Be Lucky."

  • Gough expressed scepticism to Robertson and King George V when they visited Fifth Army Headquarters on 3 July about Haig's "illusion" that the advance would be rapid – he said "we would be lucky to reach Roulers in two months".
  • Hence, when we observe a distant background galaxy (or some other celestial body), we may be lucky to see the same image of the galaxy multiple times, albeit more and more distorted.
  • In the episode "My Fair Laddy", Willie recalls his birth and how his abusive father told him he would never amount to anything in life and would be lucky if he grew up to be "garbage".
  • In Sabirabad District of Azerbaijan after a wedding when the bride comes into her new house, her mother-in-law puts lavash on her shoulder and says: "Let you come to the house of wealth, let your foot be lucky".
  • Tuckey described Crook as "a nobody who would be lucky to have his relatives turn up to hear his maiden speech in parliament".

  • In his 2007 book "Wars of Blood and Faith", Peters states that far from being about to take over Europe through demographic change, "Europe's Muslims are living on borrowed time" and that in the event of a major terrorist attack in Europe, thanks to the "ineradicable viciousness" of Europeans and what he perceives as a historical tendency to over-react to real or perceived threats, European Muslims "will be lucky if they're only deported".
  • Some players also consider the cut to be lucky. Parlett says the purpose of cutting is to prevent the bottom card from being known.
  • They find what seems to be her body in a creek, but it turns out to be Lucky; the two women resemble one another.
  • Biratori's mascot is [...]. His name is a pun on "be lucky". He is a tomato with a horn and hooves of a bull, a pig's nose and a lily of a valley on his back. His birthday is 12 September.
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