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serendipity

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/ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. el azar afortunado, la casualidad feliz que lleva a un buen descubrimiento

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Famous as one of the hardest English words to translate — most languages, including Spanish, just borrow "serendipia" instead of coining their own word.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa serendipity?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Meeting my business partner was pure ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a serendipity?

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