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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian strafalariu. Perhaps from strafari (“to overdo”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /estɾafaˈlaɾjo/
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: es‧tra‧fa‧la‧rio
Adjective
estrafalario (feminine estrafalaria, masculine plural estrafalarios, feminine plural estrafalarias)
- outlandish, oddball
- Synonyms: extravagante, excéntrico
1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, “Quiromancia : VII”, in El doctor Centeno, volume 1:Porque el dinero le venía como aguas de Abril, y si después de prometérselo resultaba que todo era un estrafalario juego de los derretidos sesos de su tía…- Because the money came to him like April showers, and if after expecting it it turned out that it was all an extravagant game from his aunt's melted brain…
1899, Emilia Pardo Bazán, “Ercolani”, in El saludo de las brujas:El que había erigido la villa Ercolani -así se llamaba- no era un industrial deseoso de sacar buen rédito al capital invertido, y que por consiguiente emplea materiales de segunda y construye a la malicia, sino un magnate escocés estrafalario y lunático, dotado de esa imaginación impulsiva y sin rédito que suelen tener los hijos del Norte, cuando gastan el lujo de tener imaginación.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- shabby, slovenly
- Synonym: desaliñado
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