Percance in english
Mishap
pronunciation: mɪshæp part of speech: noun
pronunciation: mɪshæp part of speech: noun
In gestures
percance = mishap ; accident ; reversal ; mischance ; snafu ; misadventure ; whammy.
Example: The operations staff makes special backup copies of the catalogs in the network, reconstructs the files in case of a serious mishap, enters new system logon names, assigns authorization levels, and so forth.Example: Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.Example: Libraries are struggling to hold on and maintain quality in the face of adversity and reversal.Example: Lawyers find it problematic to consult psychologists, partly because psychological research may turn up unfavorable data through sheer mischance, eg, an invalid sample.Example: The article is entitled 'Thirty years on -- an age of snafu problems of coordinating libraries'.Example: This is a wholly truthful account of her various discoveries and misadventures recounted, to the best of her recollection, in four parts.Example: Just remember that alcohol and low blood sugars together are a real whammy for diabetics.more:
» exponerse a un percance = court + disaster .
Example: Are you going to run risks and court disasters by opposing the existing social order in the name of those imaginary notions of yours which you call your convictions?.» librarse de tener un percance con la ley de milagro = have + a (close) brush with the law .
Example: Around 1925, in a particularly close brush with the law, Poole was nearly killed when police raided a roadhouse in which he was performing.