mazalozo

Ladino

Alternative forms

• mazaloso

Etymology

mazal (“star, destiny”) +‎ -ozo

Adjective

mazalozo (Hebrew spelling מזלוזו, feminine mazaloza, masculine plural mazalozos, feminine plural mazalozas)

1. happy (merry)

   Synonyms: afortunado, alegre, feliche, felis, kontente

   Antonym: triste

   • 1994, Eli Shaul, Folklor de los judios de Turkiya‎^[1], Isis, →ISBN, page 123:

     Todo lo ke vos kero dainda no saves,
     Dizeme bulisa si tu bien me keres,
     Kon todo te digo ke seyas mazaloza,
     Por todo el mundo ke seyas alavada.

     All that I want to tell you you still don’t know,
     Tell me, lady, if you really want me,
     With all that I tell you so that you finish happy,
     So that you finish world-famous.

2. lucky (fortunate)

   Synonyms: afortunado, felis, mazaludo

   Antonym: desfortunado

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, זיקנתך כבחרותך‎^[2], page 434:

     "A!" le dishi, "Oy no es un día mazalozo… Poko antes me se rompió el mango de la chanta…"

     ‘Gah!’ somebody said to another, ‘Today is not a lucky day… A little earlier my suitcase handle broke.’