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noun

el milagro

miracle

Hecho sorprendente o extraordinario que parece no tener una explicación natural y que muchas personas atribuyen a una fuerza divina.

Definition & meaning

Milagro means miracle:

  • An extraordinary event attributed to divine intervention: a miraculous healing, for example.
  • Something remarkable or highly improbable, often used figuratively: “It’s a miracle we arrived on time.”

Grammar & Word origin

It is a masculine noun: el milagro; plural: los milagros.

It comes from Latin miraculum, meaning “a wonder” or “marvel.”

Synonyms & antonyms

  • prodigio — a wonder or extraordinary event, not necessarily divine.
  • maravilla — a marvel; often emphasizes admiration rather than an improbable event.
  • There is no direct antonym. normalidad contrasts with the extraordinary nature of a miracle.

Common phrases & collocations

  • hacer un milagro — to perform a miracle.
  • por milagro — miraculously; by a stroke of luck.
  • milagro de la naturaleza — a miracle of nature.

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Examples

Fue un milagro que encontraran al perro perdido.noun

It was a miracle that they found the lost dog.

Muchos creyeron que el milagro cambió la vida del pueblo.noun

Many believed that the miracle changed the life of the town.

Esperamos con paciencia que ocurra algún milagro.noun

We are waiting patiently for some miracle to occur.

Solo queda esperar un milagro.noun

All that's left is to wait for a miracle.

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