extraño

See also: extrañó

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e(ɡ)sˈtɾaɲo/ [e(ɣ̞)sˈt̪ɾa.ɲo]
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  • Rhymes: -aɲo
  • Syllabification: ex‧tra‧ño

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish estranno, from Latin extrāneus, with /k/ originally lost and later reinserted according to the Latin form. Cognate with English extraneous and strange.

Adjective

extraño (feminine extraña, masculine plural extraños, feminine plural extrañas, superlative extrañísimo)

  1. strange, unusual, odd, weird, bizarre, uncanny, rare, peculiar, freaky, freakish, freak, curious
    Synonym: raro
    Antonym: común
    Es extraño cómo las cosas pueden cambiar tan rápidamente.
    It's strange how things can change so quickly.
    La señora casi perdió la pierna en un accidente extraño.
    The lady almost lost her leg in a freak accident.
  2. foreign, alien, extraneous
    Synonyms: foráneo, forastero, extranjero
    Antonym: nacional
    Había un objeto extraño en el abdomen.
    There was a foreign object in his/her abdomen.
  3. funny, suspicious
    Synonym: sospechoso
    Antonym: entendible
    Tengo una extraña sensación de que no fue una coincidencia.
    I've got a funny feeling that it wasn't a coincidence.
  4. not belonging to, not possessed by, not property of
    Synonym: ajeno
    Antonym: propio
Derived terms

Noun

extraño m (plural extraños, feminine extraña, feminine plural extrañas)

  1. foreigner
    Synonyms: fuereño, forastero
    Antonym: lugareño

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

extraño

  1. first-person singular present indicative of extrañar

Further reading

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