"¡Buena suerte!"

Translation: Good luck!

[BPS-PenuelO]

Is it traditional for native Spanish-speakers to say "Buena suerte," or is it just a traditional English phrase translated into Spanish?

[AlbertPrad]

Sí se usa. También "¡Suerte!" o "¡Mucha suerte!".

[Alejandraav3]

We also say "Que te vaya bien"

[jojexy]

This is probably a very useful phrase to know.

[elmaestrop4l]

You can also just say ¡Suerte!

[Kiriathaim]

thx!

[Silent-Hill]

Does this change who is saying it, or who is receiving it? Bueno Buena?

[AlbertPrad]

No cambia nada. :)

[skimber5]

Is this is cognate with "sort", as in "out of sorts"? It seems to be.

[Hrafnunga]

Yes, though somewhat distantly, and it is also related to "sorcery." It comes from Latin sorte, ablative form of sors meaning "fate" or a response from an oracle. Sort comes from Old French sorte, which comes ultimately from Latin sors.

[Aterix]

The first thing I thought was "Buena suéter!" (good sweater).

[arrotino]

Where I live, I hear mostly mucha suerte. I'm curious this is related to country of origin. Most of our Spanish speakers are from Central America and the Caribbean.

[t.winkler]

Correlates with the appropriate expression in German...

[meilonn]

Of course, that's if I believed in luck XD

[Onyx.Rose]

Thanks. I'm going to need it to get through these language lessons.