happenstance

• Sustantivo que designa una circunstancia o suceso que parece intencionado o planeado, pero que en realidad es producto del azar o de una coincidencia.

A noun referring to an event or circumstance that appears to have been planned or arranged, but is in fact accidental or coincidental.

1. Coincidental eventC1formal

   An event that seems as if it was deliberately arranged but actually occurs by chance.

   Evento coincidente

   • Their meeting at the conference was pure happenstance, not planned.
   • It was happenstance that led her to discover the old photograph in the library.
   • He found his lost wallet by happenstance while cleaning the attic.
   • The two strangers discovered they had the same name—a curious happenstance.

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