bad luck

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172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: prapësi — misfortune
• Arabic: نَحْس (naḥs) — misfortune
• Arabic: سُوءُ الحَظّ (sūʔu l-ḥaẓẓ) — misfortune
• Arabic: بَلاء (balāʔ) — misfortune
• Belarusian: няшча́сце (njaščáscje) — misfortune
• Belarusian: го́ра (hóra) — misfortune
• Belarusian: лі́ха (líxa) — misfortune
• Belarusian: бяда́ (bjadá) — misfortune
• Bengali: কুফা (kupha) — misfortune
• Bulgarian: лош късме́т (loš kǎsmét) — misfortune
• Bulgarian: неща́стие (neštástie) — misfortune
• Bulgarian: несполу́ка (nespolúka) — misfortune
• Bulgarian: малша́нс (malšáns) — misfortune
• Bulgarian: неуда́ча (neudáča) — misfortune
• Catalan: desgràcia — misfortune
• Catalan: mala sort — misfortune
• Cherokee: ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏓᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ (uyo iyudalisdanedi) — misfortune
• Chichewa: tsoka — misfortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 運氣不好 /运气不好 (yùnqi bùhǎo) — misfortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 壞運氣 /坏运气 (huài yùnqi) — misfortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 噩運 /噩运 (èyùn) — misfortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 不幸 (bùxìng) — misfortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 倒霉 (dǎoméi) — misfortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 霉運 (méiyùn) — misfortune
• Czech: smůla — misfortune
• Czech: pech — misfortune
• Czech: neštěstí — misfortune
• Danish: uheld — misfortune
• Danish: ulykke — misfortune
• Dutch: pech — misfortune
• Dutch: ongeluk — misfortune
• Esperanto: malbonŝanco — misfortune
• Esperanto: peĉo — misfortune
• Esperanto: malbona fortuno — misfortune
• Estonian: ebaõnn — misfortune
• Finnish: huono tuuri — misfortune
• Finnish: epäonni — misfortune
• French: guignon — misfortune
• French: guigne — misfortune
• French: malchance — misfortune
• French: poisse — misfortune
• French: manque de bol — misfortune
• French: pas de bol — misfortune
• French: manque de cul — misfortune
• Galician: sorte cativa — misfortune
• Galician: mala sorte — misfortune
• Galician: infortunio — misfortune
• Galician: desgraza — misfortune
• Galician: adversidade — misfortune
• Galician: malandanza — misfortune
• Galician: malura — misfortune
• Galician: desventura — misfortune
• Georgian: ფათერაკი (pateraḳi) — misfortune
• Georgian: უბედურება (ubedureba) — misfortune
• Georgian: მარცხი (marcxi) — misfortune
• German: Pech — misfortune
• German: Unglück — misfortune
• German: Ungemach — misfortune
• Ancient Greek: περικάκησις (perikákēsis) — misfortune
• Ancient Greek: δυστυχία (dustukhía) — misfortune
• Modern Greek: ατυχία (atychía) — misfortune
• Modern Greek: κακοτυχία (kakotychía) — misfortune
• Modern Greek: αναποδιά (anapodiá) — misfortune
• Hebrew: נחס (nakhs) — misfortune
• Hindi: अभाग्य (abhāgya) — misfortune
• Hindi: दुर्भाग्य (durbhāgya) — misfortune
• Hungarian: balszerencse — misfortune
• Hunsrik: Unglick — misfortune
• Icelandic: óhamingja — misfortune
• Icelandic: ógæfa — misfortune
• Indonesian: kesialan — misfortune
• Irish: amarrán — misfortune
• Irish: mí-ádh — misfortune
• Irish: drochrath — misfortune
• Irish: mífhortún — misfortune
• Old Irish: dodcad — misfortune
• Italian: iella — misfortune
• Italian: sfiga — misfortune
• Italian: sfortuna — misfortune
• Italian: malasorte — misfortune
• Japanese: 不運 (fuun) — misfortune
• Korean: 불운 (burun) — misfortune
• Korean: 불행 (bulhaeng) — misfortune
• Latin: res adversae — misfortune
• Latin: fortuna mala — misfortune
• Latin: res mala — misfortune
• Latin: adversa — misfortune
• Latin: infortūnium — misfortune
• Latvian: nelaime — misfortune
• Latvian: neveiksme — misfortune
• Lithuanian: nelaimė — misfortune
• Lun Bawang: bakak — misfortune
• Luxembourgish: Ongléck — misfortune
• Macedonian: несреќа (nesreḱa) — misfortune
• Malayalam: നിർഭാഗ്യം (niṟbhāgyaṁ) — misfortune
• Manx: lag-haghyrt — misfortune
• Māori: kōtua — misfortune
• Māori: kōtuatanga — misfortune
• Māori: aituā — misfortune
• Mongolian: азгүйдэл (azgüjdel) — misfortune
• Norwegian: ulykke — misfortune
• Norwegian: uheld — misfortune
• Norwegian: uflaks — misfortune
• Occitan: malastre — misfortune
• Occitan: malparat — misfortune
• Occitan: desfortuna — misfortune
• Ojibwe: debizi — misfortune
• Ojibwe: maazhise — misfortune
• Pennsylvania German: Unglick — misfortune
• Persian: بَدشانسی (badšânsi) — misfortune
• Persian: بَدبَختی (badbaxti) — misfortune
• Plautdietsch: Onjlekj — misfortune
• Polish: pech — misfortune
• Polish: nieszczęście — misfortune
• Portuguese: azar — misfortune
• Portuguese: má sorte — misfortune
• Quechua: qhincha — misfortune
• Romanian: ghinion — misfortune
• Romanian: neșansă — misfortune
• Romanian: nenoroc — misfortune
• Russian: невезе́ние (nevezénije) — misfortune
• Russian: несча́стье (nesčástʹje) — misfortune
• Russian: неуда́ча (neudáča) — misfortune
• Russian: го́ре (góre) — misfortune
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — misfortune
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-àdh — misfortune
• Serbo-Croatian: нѐсрећа — misfortune
• Serbo-Croatian: nèsreća — misfortune
• Serbo-Croatian: zlostreća — misfortune
• Sicilian: scutra — misfortune
• Sicilian: malanova — misfortune
• Slovak: smola — misfortune
• Slovak: nešťastie — misfortune
• Slovene: smóla — misfortune
• Slovene: nesreča — misfortune
• Spanish: mala pata — misfortune
• Spanish: mala suerte — misfortune
• Spanish: mala leche — misfortune
• Spanish: gafe — misfortune
• Spanish: desgracia — misfortune
• Spanish: desventura — misfortune
• Spanish: ñeque — misfortune
• Spanish: trampucheta — misfortune
• Spanish: yeta — misfortune
• Spanish: macacoa (monosemic) — misfortune
• Spanish: mavita (monosemic) — misfortune
• Spanish: pandura (monosemic) — misfortune
• Spanish: yetazo (monosemic) — misfortune
• Spanish: piña — misfortune
• Spanish: plancha quemada — misfortune
• Spanish: malaventura — misfortune
• Spanish: infortunio — misfortune
• Spanish: desdicha — misfortune
• Spanish: fucú — misfortune
• Spanish: malacue — misfortune
• Swahili: nuksi — misfortune
• Swedish: olycka — misfortune
• Swedish: otur — misfortune
• Tagalog: malas — misfortune
• Tajik: бадбахтӣ (badbaxti) — misfortune
• Telugu: దురదృష్టము (duradr̥ṣṭamu) — misfortune
• Turkish: kötü şans — misfortune
• Turkish: kör talih — misfortune
• Turkish: şanssızlık — misfortune
• Turkish: uğursuzluk — misfortune
• Ukrainian: неща́стя (neščástja) — misfortune
• Ukrainian: го́ре (hóre) — misfortune
• Ukrainian: біда́ (bidá) — misfortune
• Ukrainian: невда́ча (nevdáča) — misfortune
• Ukrainian: ли́хо (lýxo) — misfortune
• Vietnamese: họa — misfortune
• Volapük: mifät — misfortune