extrañar

to miss

extrañar(ehks-trah-nyahr)

transitive verb

1. (to feel the absence of)

a. to miss

Extraño mucho a mi familia cuando estoy de viaje.

I miss my family a lot when I'm traveling.

2. (to amaze)

a. to surprise

Me extraña que no haya venido a trabajar.

It surprises me that she didn't come to work.

3. (legal)

a. to banish

Extrañaron al traidor a otro territorio.

They banished the traitor to another country.

extrañarse

pronominal verb

4. (to be amazed)

a. to be surprised

Me extrañé de que no se acordara de mi cumpleaños.

I was surprised that she didn't remember my birthday.

extrañar

transitive verb

1. (sorprender)

a. to surprise

me extraña (que digas esto)I'm surprised (that you should say that)

no me extraña nada que no haya venidoI'm not in the least surprised he hasn't come

2. (echar de menos)

a. to miss

extraña mucho a sus amigosshe misses her friends a lot

3. (encontrar extraño)

a. to find strange, not to be used to

he dormido mal porque extraño la camaI slept badly because I'm not used to the bed

4. (desterrar)

a. to banish

pronominal verb

5. (sorprenderse de)

a. to be surprised

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extrañar

transitive verb

1 (sorprender) to surprise

eso me extraña that surprises me; I find that odd; ¡no me extrañaría! I wouldn't be surprised!; it wouldn't surprise me!; ¡ya me extrañaba a mí! I thought it was a bit strange!; me extrañaba que no hubieras venido I was surprised you hadn't come; me extrañaría que ... I'd be surprised if ...; no es de extrañar que ... it's hardly surprising that ...; it's no wonder that ...

2 (echar de menos) to miss

esta noche he extrañado mi cama last night I missed sleeping in my own bed; extraña mucho a sus padres he misses his parents a lot

3 (desterrar) to banish

pronominal verb

extrañarse

1 (sorprenderse) to be surprised

extrañarse de algo to be surprised at sth; me extrañé de la reacción de tu hermano I was surprised at your brother's reaction

se extrañó de nuestra presencia en la fiesta nos extrañamos de lo mucho que gastan

se extrañó de vernos juntos he was surprised to see us together; extrañarse de que ... to be surprised that ...

2 (negarse) to refuse

3 [+amigos] to become estranged; grow apart