extraño
bizarre ; extraneous ; queer ; strange ; eccentric ; odd ; alien ; outlander ; weird ; awry ; funny ; outlandish ; freaky ; uncanny ; outsider ; kinky ; freakish ; quirky .
Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.
If the catalog is to fulfill any of the requirements just enumerated, then it must be capable of responding to a user's query in a manner which does not result in extraneous citations.
Several years later, his talk with a friend turns to the queer ways in which a people resist innovations, even of vital interest.
The style of recording instructions for references differs from that in Sears', and can at first seem strange, but instructions are clear.
School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
Libraries in developing countries may represent part of an alien cultural package, an importation ill suited to the country's needs, even working at cross purposes to the people's interests.
'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
This paper surveys some of the more weird World Wide Web sites.
Could she not have detected that something in his behavior was awry?.
The article 'What's that funny noise? Videogames in the library' explains how videogames have attracted many young irregular library users who may, in time, extend their attention to other library facilities.
This book discusses some of the most outlandish myths and fantastic realities of medical history.
This film is really just a series of throwaway skits that the director and scriptwriter attempt to lard with parody and freaky fantasy.
Surrealism is an art concerned not with love and liberation but with the uncanny, the compulsion to repeat, and the drive toward death.
The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.
However, those desiring something off-the-wall, borderline kinky, and just plain mad might appreciate the novel.
1816 was one of several years during the 1810s in which numerous crops failed during freakish summer cold snaps after volcanic eruptions that reduced incoming sunlight.
'Why are barns frequently painted red?' - These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with = 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' - These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.
aunque parezca extraño
strangely enough
oddly enough
strange though it may seem
strange as it may seem
although it may seem strange
Strangely enough, despite the fact that he was buddies with Henry Kissinger at Harvard, he is registered as a member of the Democratic Party.
Oddly enough, this failure turns into a success by preserving idealism from solipsism.
Strange though it may seem, he wrote all but one before 1900.
Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
Although it may seem strange, this new trend is just as much a part of the expression of this era as the rebellions of yesteryear.
cita con un extraño
blind date
The article is entitled 'A marriage made in heaven or a blind date: successful library-faculty partnering in distance education.
cuerpo extraño
foreign body
In eleven cases the foreign body was removed during the bronchoscopy.
de apariencia extraña
queer-looking
odd-looking
The pangolin is a queer-looking, scaly animal that survives by eating ants and other insects.
Of the scores of dolphin species, here are the most peculiar and odd-looking ones.
de aspecto extraño
queer-looking
odd-looking
The pangolin is a queer-looking, scaly animal that survives by eating ants and other insects.
Of the scores of dolphin species, here are the most peculiar and odd-looking ones.
de forma extraña
oddly
funnily
Elaine poked at the ribs sticking up so oddly above the otherwise flattened skeleton.
That's why I am trying to find an area where people don't look funnily upon others who are not like them.
de manera extraña
oddly
funnily
Elaine poked at the ribs sticking up so oddly above the otherwise flattened skeleton.
That's why I am trying to find an area where people don't look funnily upon others who are not like them.
de una manera extraña
strangely
Visible indexes, strangely, are normally used for catalogues.
de un modo extraño
freakishly
The novel is a cheery social satire about geeky middle-aged men and their freakishly attractive, younger spouses.
extraño (a)
foreign (to)
Foreign disc in CD-ROM player, correct the problem and press any key to continue.
país extraño
foreign country
The article is entitled 'Political risk: sources that assess or advise on risks in foreign country business or investment'.
parecer extraño
sound + weird
sound + odd
It sounds weird but in my short no-way-out street there are two wheelchairs parked permanently.
These decisions may sound odd, like the assumption of an 'unreliable' network, but history has proven that most of them were reasonably correct.
partícula extraña
foreign particle
Evaporated atoms that collide with foreign particles may react with them; for instance, if aluminium is deposited in the presence of oxygen, it will form aluminium oxide.
por muy extraño que parezca
oddly enough
strangely enough
strange though it may seem
strange as it may seem
although it may seem strange
funnily enough
funnily
Oddly enough, this failure turns into a success by preserving idealism from solipsism.
Strangely enough, despite the fact that he was buddies with Henry Kissinger at Harvard, he is registered as a member of the Democratic Party.
Strange though it may seem, he wrote all but one before 1900.
Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
Although it may seem strange, this new trend is just as much a part of the expression of this era as the rebellions of yesteryear.
Funnily enough, it's an accusation that can be levelled at many TV shows.
Funnily, it is the temperature that goes down first and the CO2 which goes down a few thousand years later.
resultar extraño
be unfamiliar with
The narrative may be unfamiliar in its structure so that they are unsure about the way different elements of the story fit together.
ser extraño para
be alien to
The indications are that socialist theory was absolutely alien to the majority of socialist workers, who had little interest in theoretical party literature.
ser mirado de forma extraña
get + some funny looks
You might get some funny looks if you turn up looking like the wreck of the Hesperus, but other than that, you're grand as far as I know.
ser un extraño
not know + Pronombre + from Adam
But the man in the street wouldn't know them from Adam.
sonar extraño
sound + weird
sound + odd
It sounds weird but in my short no-way-out street there are two wheelchairs parked permanently.
These decisions may sound odd, like the assumption of an 'unreliable' network, but history has proven that most of them were reasonably correct.
tener un aspecto extraño
look + odd
I'm no great-looker myself so I don't mind living somewhere where people look odd.