Polyglot Dictionary

serendipia

/seɾenˈdipja/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. serendipity, a fortunate accidental discovery (borrowed directly from English)

    • Conocer a mi socio fue pura serendipia.

      Meeting my business partner was pure serendipity.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Spanish borrowed this straight from English "serendipity" instead of coining its own word — proof that some concepts are worth adopting wholesale.

Practice

1 What does serendipia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Conocer a mi socio fue pura ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches serendipia?

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