estranhar

Portuguese

From estranho (“strange/stranger”) +‎ -ar. Alternatively, inherited from Late Latin extrāneāre, from Latin extrāneus. Compare Spanish extrañar, Galician and Asturian estrañar, Catalan estranyar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [is.tɾɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)], /es.tɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [es.tɾɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.tɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/ [is.tɾɐ̃ˈj̃a(ɾ)], /es.tɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/ [es.tɾɐ̃ˈj̃a(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈj̃a(χ)], /eʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈj̃a(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.tɾɐˈɲa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɐˈɲaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɐˈɲa.ɾi/

estranhar (first-person singular present estranho, first-person singular preterite estranhei, past participle estranhado)

to think that something is unusual or weird, to be surprised
Eu não me estranharia.
I would not be surprised.

Estranhei muito o seu comportamento.
I found your behaviour very strange.
- 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XXV, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 179:
  — O jury? extranhei. O senhor também. Está visto. O senhor appellou?
  “The jury? I found it strange. You did too, sir. It’s clear. Did you appeal?”
(usually referring to babies or animals) to not recognize
Meu cachorro me estranhou porque eu cortei o cabelo e fiz a barba.
My dog didn't recognize me because I cut my hair and shaved my beard.
to feel uncomfortable
(slang) to misrespect, to diss someone
Tu tá me estranhando, mano?
You dissing me, bro?
(literally, “Are you strangering me, bro?”)

Conjugation of estranhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.