What does cruzar los dedos mean?

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to cross your fingers

The same gesture and the same meaning as in English. In Spain it is much used in the first person plural — crucemos los dedos — because it makes the other person's luck a shared concern. There is also tocar madera, which wards off bad luck rather than attracting good: the two are not interchangeable.

Mañana me dan los resultados. Cruza los dedos.
A request, and a small superstition.

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