adventure

aventura.

(Del lat. adventūra, t. f. del part. fut. act. de advenīre, llegar, suceder).

1. f. Acaecimiento, suceso o lance extraño.

2. f. Casualidad, contingencia.

3. f. Empresa de resultado incierto o que presenta riesgos. Embarcarse en aventuras.

4. f. Relación amorosa ocasional.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him
individually. --Milton.
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2. Risk; danger; peril. Obs. [1913 Webster]

He was in great adventure of his life. --Berners. [1913 Webster]

3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be
encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen
events; a daring feat.
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He loved excitement and adventure. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one s life. --Bacon.
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5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
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A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that the goods shipped are at the owner s risk.
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Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event. [1913 Webster]

Adventure Ad*ven"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adventuring}.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See {Adventure}, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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He would not adventure himself into the theater. --Acts xix.
31.
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2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. [1913 Webster]

Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan, [1913 Webster]

Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Adventure Ad*ven"ture, v. i. To try the chance; to take the risk.
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I would adventure for such merchandise. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English