Interesting Ways To Say Good Luck In Spanish

17 Encouraging Quotes to Wish You Good Luck In Spanish 

If you want to write a nice good luck message, you can get a little more inspiration and choose one of these phrases that will surely inspire the person you wish the best for. Choose one!

    1. Cada desgracia que encuentres en el camino llevará en ella la semilla de la buena suerte del mañana. – Og Mandino

Every misfortune you meet on the road will carry in it the seed of tomorrow’s good fortune. 

    2. La paciencia y la perseverancia tienen un efecto mágico ante los cuales desaparecen las dificultades y los obstáculos. – John Quincy Adams

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties and obstacles disappear. 

    3. La buena suerte es la hermana gemela del trabajo duro. – Anónimo

Good luck is the twin sister of hard work.

    4. Para tener éxito, tienes que ser afortunado, o un poco loco, o muy talentoso, o encontrarte en el lugar y momento adecuado. – Anónimo

To succeed, you have to be lucky, or a little crazy, or very talented, or find yourself in the right place at the right time.

    5. El cambio favorece a los que están en movimiento. – James H. Austin

Change favors those who are on the move. 

     6. La gente siempre lo llama suerte cuando lo que has hecho es actuar con más sensatez que ellos. – Anne Tyler

People always call it luck when what you’ve done is act more sensibly than they have. 

    7. La buena suerte no necesita explicación. – Shirley Temple Black

Good luck needs no explanation. 

    8. El campeón hace su propia suerte. – Red Blaik

The champion makes his own luck. 

    9. La vida es una lotería que ya hemos ganado. Pero la mayoría de la gente no ha cobrado sus boletos. – Louise L. Hay

Life is a lottery we’ve already won. But most people haven’t cashed in their tickets. 

     10. Los hombres de acción son favorecidos por la Diosa de la Suerte. – George S. Clason

Men of action are favored by the Goddess of Luck. 

    11. Todos nosotros tenemos mala suerte y buena suerte. El hombre que persiste durante la mala suerte, que sigue adelante, es el que está allí cuando llega la buena suerte y está listo para recibirla. – Robert Collier

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck, who keeps going, is the man who is there when the good luck comes and is ready to receive it. 

    12. Soy un gran creyente en la suerte, y me parece que cuanto más duro trabajo, más la tengo. – Thomas Jefferson

I am a great believer in luck, and it seems to me that the harder I work, the more I have it. 

    13. Lo único seguro acerca de la suerte es que cambiará. – Bret Harte

The only thing certain about luck is that it will change. 

    14. La suerte no es casualidad, es trabajo. La sonrisa de la costosa fortuna que se gana. – Emily Dickinson

Luck is not chance, it is work. The smile of costly fortune earned.

    15. La suerte es el sentido de reconocer una oportunidad y la capacidad de aprovecharla. – Samuel Goldwyn

Luck is the sense of recognizing an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. 

    16. La fortuna siempre conferirá a quien la posee, un aura de valor, indignamente; y en este mundo, la persona afortunada pasa por un genio. – Eurípides

Fortune will always confer on him who possesses it, an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world, the fortunate person passes for a genius. 

    17. Dios no juega a los dados con el universo. Albert Einstein

God does not play dice with the universe. 

What Brings Good Luck in a Spanish-Speaking Country?

Most of the good luck rituals in Spanish-speaking countries are very curious, and fun, and are done at the time of saying goodbye to the old year. Here we leave you a list of the most common ones:

Wear red underwear if you want to find a partner in the coming year

Well yes, if one of your wishes for the old year is to find a partner, the Hispanic culture invites you to wear red underwear during New Year’s Eve. It sounds weird, but what’s the harm in trying?

Wear yellow underwear if you want prosperity for the coming year

Same as the previous trick, but for prosperity. Spanish-speaking culture wears yellow underwear to get more money in the new year. The good thing about this is that you don’t have to tell anyone (if you don’t want to) and test if it really works secretly.

Eating 12 green grapes when the clock strikes 12 a.m. on New Year’s Eve

According to legend, each grape represents a month and a wish. For each grape, you should make a wish representing each month of the year. This will bring you a whole year of good luck and prosperity.

Going out with suitcases on the street when it is the new year

This is a very common tradition in Latin America. Families go out on the street with suitcases and take a tour close to home. This is to bring lots of travel and adventures for the coming year.

Fill pots and pans with water 

When the clock strikes 12, Puerto Ricans fill pots and pans with water and then throw it on the door of the house to attract good luck and abundance. Some families also throw buckets of water out the window to get rid of problems on New Year’s Eve.

Throwing water out the window

In Uruguay they celebrate el baldazo, which is throwing a bucket full of water out of the window onto the street. It is said that this tradition chases away the sorrows of the year that is ending and welcomes a year full of prosperity.

Lentils, but not only to eat them

There are those who do not limit themselves only to eating them. There are also people who try to put lentils in those places where there is usually money, such as the pockets of clothes or wallets. 

There are also those who receive the New Year by hugging their loved ones with a handful of lentils in hand, or who place these grains in the corners of the house to ensure that good luck comes to the home.

The custom is not only limited to lentils but also to different types of grains, such as rice. They are placed in a dish with a candle that is left lit during the night of the 31st and then buried.

You are ready to say Good Luck in Spanish!

Now that you know different ways to say good luck in Spanish, which way will you try first? You can choose from common and standard phrases to the funniest versions. Add them to your vocabulary and start practicing.

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