unusual

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ʌnˈjuːʒuəl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʌnˈjuʒuəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(un yo̅o̅′zho̅o̅ əl, -yo̅o̅zh′wəl)


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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
unusual adj (not normal)inusual adj mf
  extraordinario/a adj
 Snow in June is unusual.
 La nieve en junio es inusual.
unusual adj (person: not like others) (persona)diferente adj mf
  inusual adj mf
 I like Adam because he's unusual; he's not into the same things as everyone else.
 Me gusta Adam porque es diferente; no le gustan las mismas cosas que a los demás.
unusual adj (extraordinary)inusual adj mf
  extraordinario/a adj
 This child has an unusual talent for music; you should send her to a specialist school.
 Este niño tiene un talento inusual para la música; deberías enviarle a una escuela especial.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
cruel and unusual punishment n (treatment: barbaric)castigo cruel e inusual grupo nom
 The death penalty is considered cruel and unusual punishment in almost all civilized countries.
 La pena de muerte es considerada un castigo cruel e inusual en la mayoría de los países civilizados.
  castigo aberrante nm + adj
Note: En principio "aberrante" significa "inusual", "que se aparta de lo normal" pero el uso actual le da también connotación de "atroz", "brutal".
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'unusual' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
a piece of work - adventure - circus freak - curio - damnedest - different - eccentric - eccentrically - exotic - extenuating circumstances - extraordinary expense - freak of nature - freaky - funny thing - great - irregularity - make a refreshing change - nothing special - odd - oddity - off the wall - original art - out of the ordinary - out there - quirkiness - rarity - refreshingly - strange - strange appearance - striking - unaccustomed - uncharacteristic - unfamiliar
Spanish:
desusado - insólito - inusitado - inusual - aparte - extraordinario - fuera de lo común - inhabitual - raro - puntual - aberrante - anormal - desacostumbrado - distinguir - excepcional - particular

Collocations: an unusual [person, man, woman, worker, individual], an unusual [blend, mix, mixture, combination] (of), an unusual [method, approach, way], more...

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