extrañamente

B2 · adv

strangely

❓ extra + ños: extra-strange-ly, like an extraño oddity (extraño = strange)

Extrañamente is extraño (strange, from Latin extraneus, 'external, foreign') plus -mente, the Spanish adverb ending like English -ly. Something foreign feels odd, so: strange-ly.

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