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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin aegyptiacus (diēs) (“fateful day”, literally “Egyptian day”). Egyptian days were certain days of the year considered to be unlucky during the Middle Ages. Compare Portuguese aziago.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aciago (feminine aciaga, masculine plural aciagos, feminine plural aciagas)
- unlucky, ill-fated, unfortunate
- Synonyms: infausto, infeliz, desdichado, desgraciado
2020 July 13, “Feijóo conquista su cuarta mayoría absoluta y Urkullu se refuerza”, in El País:Para los dos partidos en el Gobierno de España, la jornada fue más aciaga, sobre todo para Podemos, que salió zarandeado: quedó fuera del Parlamento gallego y perdió la mitad de su representación en Euskadi.- For the two parties in the Spanish Government, the day was more unfortunate, especially for Podemos, which came out shaken: it was left out of the Galician Parliament and lost half of its representation in Euskadi.
2022 December 31, Ignacio Fariza, “Elon Musk o cómo dilapidar 124.000 millones en un año”, in El País:Tras un dulce 2021 para Elon Musk —cuando se coronó como el hombre más rico del mundo—, un 2022 aciago.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
aciago m (plural aciagos)
- (archaic) misfortune
- Synonyms: desgracia, azar
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