estrafalario

Meaning

  1. outlandish, oddball
  2. shabby, slovenly

Concepts

screwball
wacky
outlandish
zany
crank
cranky
creep
eccentric
extravagant

far-fetched

fruitcake
madcap
nut
odd
queer
sappy
singular
sloppy
slovenly
spook
weirdie
weirdo
goofy
weirdy
nut case
antic
harlequinesque
bizarre
clown
crackpot
Synonyms

chalado
22k
chiflado
C1
espectro
C2
excéntrico
C2
extraño
A2
extravagante
C2
loco
A1
raro
A2
estrambótico

Pánfilo

bicho raro
rarito
23k

tipo raro

estrambótico
botarate

extrañisimo

Translations

strampalato
balzano
bizarre
estrafolari
cervellotico
dunkel
nachlässig
dumm
lächerlich
komisch
bizarr
närrisch
rätselhaft
salopp
enigmatisch
Hyphenated as
es‧tra‧fa‧la‧rio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/estɾafaˈlaɾjo/
Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian
strafalariu
In summary

Borrowed from Sicilian strafalariu. Perhaps from strafari (“to overdo”). First attested in 1664, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (see quotations).

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