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suerte

American  
[swer-tay] / ˈswɛr teɪ /

noun

suertes plural
  1. a particular skill used by a bullfighter.

  2. any of the stages of a bullfight.


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Later, some of the migrants would tell her it turned out to be un golpe de buena suerte — a stroke of good luck — that they had landed there.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2022

It feels about right for diners at the new restaurant, too: Not everything will be a winner, but with a little bit of suerte, you’ll have an enjoyable meal.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2018

We wished him "Mucha suerte," shook hands, and went out.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

In one of Goya's bull-fighting sketches, we may see a Moor, with a cloak on the left arm, and a dart in the right hand, practising the suerte de banderilla.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

This is lost to the casual spectator, who perceives less difficulty in the perilous vol-�-pi� than in the simpler, though more attractive, suerte de recibir, and a thousand other technical details.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

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