extraordinario

/eɡstɾaoɾdiˈnaɾjo/ · B1 · adj

extraordinary

🦄 extra + ordinario = beyond ordinary, just like English extraordinary

From Latin extra ordinem, meaning outside the usual order. Spanish uses the same pieces as English: extra (beyond) + ordinario (ordinary). The only spelling change is the Spanish -io ending in place of -y.

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