1 (luck) fortuna (f); suerte (f) by good fortune por fortuna; we had the good fortune to find him tuvimos la suerte de encontrarlo; the fortunes of war las vicisitudes or las peripecias de la guerra; he restored the company's fortunes restableció la prosperidad de la empresa; devolvió el éxito a la compañía; to seek one's fortune elsewhere buscar fortuna en otro lugar
He left Maryland to seek his fortune elsewhere Lack of agricultural work encouraged many young men and women to seek their fortune in the nearby city
to try one's fortune probar fortuna
2 (fate) suerte (f); destino (m) to tell sb's fortune decir a algn la buenaventura
she tells fortunes She tells fortunes, only the police won't let her charge anything
3 (property, wealth) fortuna (f) to come into a fortune heredar una fortuna; to marry a fortune casarse con un hombre/una mujer acaudaladoaacaudalada;a acaudalada
4 (huge amount of money) dineral (m); platal (m) (informal); (LAm) to cost a fortune costar un ojo de la cara (informal); valer un dineral; to make a fortune enriquecerse; ganar un dineral; a small fortune un montón de dinero; un dineral