No. 4,068 in Swedish

otur

Misfortune or bad luck.

In a sentence

Jag hade verkligen otur med vädret under semestern.
I really had bad luck with the weather during the vacation.
The word 'otur' refers to experiencing unfavorable conditions or lack of fortune in this context.
Han råkade snubbla på en sten, vilken otur!
He happened to trip over a stone, what bad luck!
Here, 'otur' is used to exclaim the unfortunate nature of the situation encountered.
Man kan inte alltid skylla på otur när något går fel.
You cannot always blame bad luck when something goes wrong.
In this example, 'otur' signifies the concept of bad luck, emphasizing it as a possible but not exclusive cause of failures.

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