Choses ou personnes censées attirer la malchance.
Things or people believed to bring bad luck.
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Il attribuait ses pertes à de vieux porte-malheur. — He blamed his losses on old jinxes.
Le dire à voix haute porte malheur à tout le plan. — Saying it out loud jinxes the whole plan.
Les porte-malheur suivent cette équipe chaque saison. — Jinxes follow that team every season.
Ma colocataire porte malheur à chaque match qu'elle regarde. — My roommate jinxes every game she watches.
Tu crois vraiment aux porte-malheur ? — Do you really believe in jinxes?
Elle jure que le maillot rouge porte malheur à son équipe. — She swears the red shirt jinxes her team.
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