pech

Significado (Inglés)

1. (masculine, no-diminutive, uncountable) bad luck; misfortune
2. (masculine, no-diminutive, uncountable) breakdown, e.g. of a car

Conceptos

mala suerte

desgracia

averia

gafe

infortunio

percance

accidente

mala pata

choque

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Sinónimos

ongeluk

panne

ongeval

tegenslag

motorpech

tegenspoed

bijdraaien

ecologische ramp

accident

ongelukkig voorval

averij

catastrofe

mislukking

probleem

vergissing

malheur

Traducciones

bad luck

azar

Pech

misfortune

malchance

Unglück

mala sort

sfortuna

panne

má sorte

malasorte

Panne

adversa

Missgeschick

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɛx/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con inglés: pitch

Cognado con neerlandés: panne

In summary

From German Pech (“bad luck; pitch, tar”), from Old High German peh, from Latin pīx. Doublet of inherited pek (“pitch”). Also cognate with English pitch.
The sense “breakdown” is a Dutch innovation. It is probably modelled on the word ongeluk, which means both “bad luck, misfortune” and “accident”. Since pech typically denotes a lesser kind of bad luck, it came to be used for a lesser kind of traffic accident too. German uses Panne instead; compare Dutch panne.

Oraciones

Dat ongeval was brute pech .

That accident was brutal bad luck.