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Lemmata
Forms: ventura (data provider: donatus-sup)
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Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Ventúra, s. f.
1. luck, fortune, adventure, chance.Queste vostre pazzie vi daranno un giorno o l'altro la mala —, you will come one day or other to some unlucky chance by your follies. È stata gran — di non essermi rincontrato con lui, it has been very lucky for me not to meet him; 2. adventure, hap, chance, event, hazard.Mala —, misfortune. Buona —, good fortune. Mettersi alla —, to venture, to run a hazard. Trarre alla —, to cast lots. Mettersi in viaggio alla —, to take the first road one meets with. Fare le cose alla —, to do things at random. Aver mala —, to be unfortunate. Fare la —,to tell fortunes. Alla —, a —, per —, by chance, fortuitously. Schiera di —, a band composed of volunteers. Cavalier di —, a swindler, sharper.
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