Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
extrañar. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
extrañar, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
extrañar in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
extrañar you have here. The definition of the word
extrañar will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
extrañar, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin extrāneāre, from Latin extrāneus. Compare Portuguese estranhar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡstɾaˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ex‧tra‧ñar
Verb
extrañar (first-person singular present extraño, first-person singular preterite extrañé, past participle extrañado)
- (transitive) to miss (someone or something)
- Synonyms: añorar, echar de menos
1997, Roberto Bolaño, “La nieve”, in Llamadas telefónicas:No me van mal las cosas, me acuesto con putas y soy asiduo de dos bares en donde tengo mi tertulia, como dicen aquí. Pero por las noches, sobre todo por las noches, extraño Rusia y extraño Moscú.- Things aren't going badly for me, I sleep with whores and I'm a regular at two bars where I have my circle, as they say here. But a night, more than anything at night, I miss Russia and I miss Moscow.
- to surprise, to wonder
- Synonym: preguntarse
No me extraña que él esté tan enojado consigo mismo.- No wonder he's so mad at himself.
- (reflexive) to find something strange
1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:Si entraba por casualidad a alguna capilla, se mantenía muy quieto y manso, con el sombrero en la mano, y hacía como que oía la misa, sin entender de ella la media, extrañándose que el cura comiera costras de pan y tomase vino delante de la gente.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
infinitive
|
|
gerund
|
|
past participle
|
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
singular
|
|
|
plural
|
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
1st person
|
2nd person
|
3rd person
|
1st person
|
2nd person
|
3rd person
|
indicative
|
|
yo
|
tú vos
|
él/ella/ello usted
|
nosotros nosotras
|
vosotros vosotras
|
ellos/ellas ustedes
|
present
|
|
tú vos
|
|
|
|
|
imperfect
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
preterite
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
future
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
conditional
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
subjunctive
|
|
yo
|
tú vos
|
él/ella/ello usted
|
nosotros nosotras
|
vosotros vosotras
|
ellos/ellas ustedes
|
present
|
|
tú vos2
|
|
|
|
|
imperfect (ra)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
imperfect (se)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
future1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
imperative
|
|
—
|
tú vos
|
usted
|
nosotros nosotras
|
vosotros vosotras
|
ustedes
|
affirmative
|
|
tú vos
|
|
|
|
|
negative
|
|
no extrañes
|
no extrañe
|
no extrañemos
|
no extrañéis
|
no extrañen
|
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of extrañar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
|
singular
|
plural
|
1st person
|
2nd person
|
3rd person
|
1st person
|
2nd person
|
3rd person
|
with infinitive
|
dative
|
|
|
,
|
|
|
,
|
accusative
|
|
|
, ,
|
|
|
, ,
|
|
with gerund
|
dative
|
|
|
,
|
|
|
,
|
accusative
|
|
|
, ,
|
|
|
, ,
|
|
with informal second-person singular tú imperative
|
dative
|
|
|
|
|
not used
|
|
accusative
|
|
|
,
|
|
not used
|
,
|
|
with informal second-person singular vos imperative
|
dative
|
|
|
|
|
not used
|
|
accusative
|
|
|
,
|
|
not used
|
,
|
|
with formal second-person singular imperative
|
dative
|
|
not used
|
,
|
|
not used
|
|
accusative
|
|
not used
|
, ,
|
|
not used
|
,
|
|
with first-person plural imperative
|
dative
|
not used
|
|
|
|
|
|
accusative
|
not used
|
|
,
|
|
|
,
|
|
with informal second-person plural imperative
|
dative
|
|
not used
|
|
|
|
|
accusative
|
|
not used
|
,
|
|
|
,
|
|
with formal second-person plural imperative
|
dative
|
|
not used
|
|
|
not used
|
,
|
accusative
|
|
not used
|
,
|
|
not used
|
, ,
|
Derived terms
See also
Further reading