Translation of "Desventura" in English

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Examples of using "Desventura" in a sentence and their english translations:

O ancião não pôde suportar sua desventura.

The old man could not bear his misfortune.

Em atitude suplicante, Anquises, / na praia oferecendo sacrifícios / adequados, invoca as grandes divindades: / “Ó deuses, impedi que se cumpra essa ameaça! / Para longe afastai tal desventura, ó deuses! / Atendei-nos, poupai esta gente piedosa!”

And lifting on the shore / his hands, Anchises doth the gods adore. / "O Heaven!" he cries, "avert these threats; be kind / and stay the curse, and vex with plagues no more / a pious folk."