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Old October 14, 2011, 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by poli View Post
Se usa chance en Mexico tambien. No lo sabía. Pensaba que se lo inventó en el pueblo donde vivo yo.
No sé donde vives, poli, pero tengo la impresión que llegó ahí después de un largo viaje.

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Etymology: Middle English, from Old French cheance, chance, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin cadentia fall, from Latin cadent-, cadens, present participle of cadere to fall; akin to Sanskrit sad to fall and probably to Welsh cesair hailstones

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