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Spanish
Etymology
From a- + fortuna + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afoɾtuˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧for‧tu‧nar
Verb
afortunar (first-person singular present afortuno, first-person singular preterite afortuné, past participle afortunado)
- (transitive, dated) to make lucky
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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