strange

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extraño

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strange
[streɪndʒ]
adjetivo
1raro(a), extraño(a) (odd) (person, behavior)
  • it felt strange to be back in Scotland -> se hacía raro estar de nuevo en Escocia
2desconocido(a), extraño(a) (unfamiliar) (person, place)

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strange [streinch]
adjetivo
1Extraño, singular, raro, sorprendente, extraordinario, singularmente bueno o malo.
2Extraño, que no es de la misma casa o familia, que pertenece a otra parte; de una clase o carácter diferente; desconocido.
3Forastero, el que no es del lugar donde está.
4Extranjero, el que es o viene de país extraño.
5De modales huraños, reservado, poco tratable.
  • A strange face -> cara desconocida
interrogación
6¡Cosa rara!
  • How strange! -> ¡qué raro
  • To make strange, to make oneself strange -> (a) mostrar o afectar asombro, sorpresa o ignorancia; con of
  • I felt strange at first -> me sentí incómodo al principio
  • Strange woman -> en la Biblia, ramera
¡cáspita! (b) pretender ser extranjero.

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strange [streɪndʒ] d
adjective
stranger (comparative)strangest (superlative)
1 (odd) [+person, event, behaviour, feeling] extraño; raro; [+experience, place, noise] extraño; [+coincidence, story] extraño; curioso
it is strange that ... es extraño raro que;or it's strange that he should come today of all days es extraño raro que venga precisamente hoy;or
there's something strange about himabout hay algo extraño raro en él;or
what's so strange about that? ¿qué tiene eso de extraño raro?;or
to [feel] strange
I felt rather strange at firstfelt al principio me sentía bastante raro
I find her attitude rather strangefind encuentro su actitud un tanto extraña rara;or
I find it strange that we never heard anything about this me parece raro me extraña que nunca hayamos oído hablar de esto;or
how strange!how ¡qué raro!; ¡qué extraño!
for some strange reasonreason por alguna razón inexplicable
strange as it may seemseemstrange to saysay por extraño que parezca; aunque parezca mentira
the strange thing is that he didn't even know usthing lo extraño lo curioso es que ni nos conocía;or
children come out with the strangest things a los niños se les ocurren las cosas más extrañas
can I sit down? I feel a bit strange With all the advantages of cycling, it seems strange that more people don't do it
the family would think it strange if we didn't gothink la familia se extrañaría si no fuésemos
did you never think it strange that we didn't discuss this? Strange to say, I quite enjoyed myself strange to say I have never met her Strange as it may seem in times of recession, the travel industry is doing better than ever For some strange reason I couldn't get him out of my mind Loach, for some strange reason, had dressed up in the dead man's uniform
bedfellow truth
2 (unknown, unfamiliar) [+person, house, car, country] desconocido; [+language] desconocido; extranjero
I awoke in a strange [bed] me desperté en una cama desconocida
I never sleep well in a strange bed nunca duermo bien en una cama que no sea la mía
don't talk to any strange menmen no hables con ningún desconocido
I was strange to this part of townto esta parte de la ciudad me era desconocida
the work is strange [to] him
this man I loved was suddenly strange to me este hombre al que amaba era de pronto un desconocido para mí un extraño;or
I don't like strange people coming into my house
Position of "raro"Position of "raro"
You should generally put raro after the noun when you mean strange or odd and before the noun when you mean rare:
rarostrangeoddrare
He has a strange name Tiene un nombre raro;Tiene un nombre raro
... a rare congenital syndrome ... ... un raro síndrome congénito ...;... un raro síndrome congénito ...
strange

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