An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (unusual)
a. weird ¡Qué raro que no haya respondido a tu mensaje! How weird that she hasn't responded to your message!
b. strange Evitemos a ese hombre raro con el traje de payaso puesto. Let's avoid that strange man with the clown suit on.
c. odd ¡Qué mujer más rara! Le habla al gato como si fuera una persona. What an odd woman! She speaks to her cat as if it were a person.
2. (scarce or exceptional)
a. rare Esta gema rara vale más de $100,000 dólares. This rare gem is worth over $100,000 dollars.
3. (physics)
a. rare Los científicos experimentaban con gases raros. The scientists experimented with rare gases.
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
adjective 1. (extraño)
a. strange ¡qué raro! how odd o strange!
es raro que no nos lo haya dicho it's odd o funny that she didn't tell us
3. (visita)
a. infrequent rara vez rarely
es raro el día que viene a comer she very rarely comes round for lunch
raro es el que no fuma very few of them don't smoke
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raro
adjective
1 (extraño) strange; odd tiene unas costumbres muy raras
es un hombre muy raro he's a very strange o odd man
esto tiene un gusto un poco raro
es raro que no haya llamado it's strange o odd that he hasn't called
¡qué raro! ¡qué cosa más rara! how (very) strange!; how (very) odd!
2 (poco común) rare una especie muy rara a very rare species; con alguna rara excepción with few o rare exceptions; de rara perfección of rare perfection; of remarkable perfection
rara vez nos visita rara es la vez que nos visita he rarely visits us
3 (Física) rare; rarefied Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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