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Old June 03, 2015, 08:23 PM
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"Por chiripa" or "de chiripa" are set phrases, so the word itself is not a synonym of "azar" or "casualidad" or "accidente".
It's a colloquial expression common in Mexico. I can't tell if it would be understood anywhere else.
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Last edited by AngelicaDeAlquezar; June 03, 2015 at 10:56 PM. Reason: Corrected vocabulary.
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