fortunate

for·tu·nate  (fôrch-nt)

adj.

1. Bringing something good and unforeseen; auspicious.

2. Having unexpected good fortune; lucky. See Synonyms at happy.

n.

One who has good fortune, especially a wealthy person.

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[Latin fortntus, from fortna, chance; see fortune.]

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fortu·nate·ly adv.

fortu·nate·ness n.

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fortunate

Adjective

1. having good luck

2. occurring by good luck

fortunately adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fortunate - having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice" lucky - having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"; "a lucky man" privileged - blessed with privileges; "the privileged few" successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture" unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
	2.	fortunate - supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" golden blessed, blest - highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income"
	3.	fortunate - presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" rosy auspicious - auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign"

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fortunate

adjective 1. lucky, happy, favoured, bright, golden, rosy, on a roll, jammy Brit. (slang) in luck, having a charmed life, born with a silver spoon in your mouth << OPPOSITE unfortunate

adjective 2. providential, auspicious, fortuitous, felicitous, timely, promising, encouraging, helpful, profitable, convenient, favourable, advantageous, expedient, opportune, propitious

Translations

fortunate [ˈfɔːtʃənɪt] adj it is fortunate that ... → (es una) suerte que ...

fortunate [ˈfɔːtʃənɪt] adj → heureux/euse; [person] → chanceux/euse;

to be fortunate → avoir de la chance;

it is fortunate that → c'est une chance que, il est heureux que

fortunate [ˈfɔːtʃənɪt] adj → glücklich;

to be fortunate → Glück haben;

he is fortunate to have ... → er kann sich glücklich schätzen, ... zu haben;

it is fortunate that ... → es ist ein Glück, dass ...

fortunate [ˈfɔːtʃənɪt] adj → fortunato/a;

he is fortunate to have ... → ha la fortuna di avere ...;

it is fortunate that → è una fortuna che + sub