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1 peculiar
adj.1 typical, characteristic.2 peculiar (raro, curioso).* * *► adjetivo1 (raro) peculiar2 (característico) particular, personal* * *adj.* * *ADJ1) (=particular, característico) particularsu peculiar manera de ver las cosas — his particular way of seeing things, his own individual way of seeing things
un rasgo peculiar de su carácter — a particular o characteristic trait of his
una característica peculiar del paisaje andaluz — a characteristic peculiar to the landscape of Andalusia
2) (=raro) peculiar, unusual* * *1) ( característico) particular2) (poco común, raro) < sensación> peculiar, unusual* * *= peculiar, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].Ex. However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.Ex. 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.----* muy peculiar = highly distinctive.* peculiar de = peculiar to.* * *1) ( característico) particular2) (poco común, raro) < sensación> peculiar, unusual* * *= peculiar, quirky [quirkier -comp., quirkiest -sup.].Ex: However, by 1900 the motor car was beginning to develop its own peculiar form of engineering, and since then we have had aviation engineering, nuclear engineering and control engineering.
Ex: 'Why are barns frequently painted red?' -- These are the curious, slightly bizarre and somewhat quirky kinds of questions librarians deal with.* muy peculiar = highly distinctive.* peculiar de = peculiar to.* * *A (característico) particulares un rasgo peculiar de su personalidad it's a particular trait of hissu peculiar modo de escribir her own particular o individual way of writinglas características peculiares de este país the characteristics peculiar to this countryreaccionó con su peculiar buen humor he reacted with his characteristic o usual good humorB (poco común, raro) ‹sensación› peculiar, unusualcon características muy peculiares with very unusual characteristics* * *
peculiar adjetivo
1 ( característico) particular;
con su peculiar buen humor with his characteristic good humor
2 (poco común, raro) ‹ sensación› peculiar, unusual
peculiar adjetivo
1 (inusual, raro) peculiar, odd: esta comida tiene un sabor peculiar, this meal has a peculiar taste
2 (que es propio de algo/alguien) characteristic, distinctive: tiene una peculiar manera de andar, she has a distinctive way of walking
' peculiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
particular
- propia
- propio
- singular
- suya
- suyo
- tic
- hispanismo
- peregrino
English:
peculiar
- set-up
* * *peculiar adj1. [característico] typical, characteristic;tiene el sabor peculiar de la cebolla it has the characteristic o distinctive taste of onion;trabajaba con su peculiar seriedad he worked with characteristic seriousness2. [raro, curioso] peculiar;tiene una manera muy peculiar de hacer las cosas she has a very peculiar o strange way of doing things* * *adj1 ( singular) peculiar, odd2 ( característico) typical* * *peculiar adj1) característico: particular, characteristic2) raro: peculiar, uncommon* * *peculiar adj characteristic -
2 peculiaridad
f.1 uniqueness.2 particular feature or characteristic (detalle).3 peculiarity, characteristic, attribute, feature.* * *1 peculiarity* * *SF peculiarity, special characteristic* * *femenino peculiarity* * *= character, peculiarity, distinctness, quirk, exceptionalism, distinctiveness, character trait.Ex. Close attention to the role of the computer specialist reveals more of the character of reference activities.Ex. For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.Ex. The library director and the architect cooperated to preserve the distinctness of an aging building while providing the public with up-to-the-minute services.Ex. Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.Ex. The strongest support for this notion of exceptionalism comes from the evanescence and mutability of electronic documents.Ex. The necessity of organisational cohabitation does not obliterate the distinctiveness of each from the other.Ex. Personality theory based on genetics is used to trace inherited character traits in European royalty.----* peculiaridades = vagaries.* peculiaridades culturales = cultural background.* peculiaridades económicas = economic background.* peculiaridades geográficas = geographical background.* peculiaridades políticas = political background.* * *femenino peculiarity* * *= character, peculiarity, distinctness, quirk, exceptionalism, distinctiveness, character trait.Ex: Close attention to the role of the computer specialist reveals more of the character of reference activities.
Ex: For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.Ex: The library director and the architect cooperated to preserve the distinctness of an aging building while providing the public with up-to-the-minute services.Ex: Biographers will find many, hitherto undiscovered, traits of character or quirks of career of the famous or notorious emerging out of apparently insignificant or unremarked ephemera.Ex: The strongest support for this notion of exceptionalism comes from the evanescence and mutability of electronic documents.Ex: The necessity of organisational cohabitation does not obliterate the distinctiveness of each from the other.Ex: Personality theory based on genetics is used to trace inherited character traits in European royalty.* peculiaridades = vagaries.* peculiaridades culturales = cultural background.* peculiaridades económicas = economic background.* peculiaridades geográficas = geographical background.* peculiaridades políticas = political background.* * *peculiarityesta peculiaridad física los protege del frío this peculiar physical feature protects them from the coldlas peculiaridades del sistema the particular o special characteristics of the systemes una peculiaridad suya it is one of his little quirks* * *
peculiaridad sustantivo femenino
peculiarity
peculiaridad sustantivo femenino peculiarity
' peculiaridad' also found in these entries:
English:
mannerism
- peculiarity
- quirk
* * *peculiaridad nf1. [cualidad] uniqueness;cada uno tiene sus peculiaridades we all have our little ways o idiosyncracies2. [detalle] particular feature o characteristic;tiene la peculiaridad de que funciona con energía solar a particular feature of it is that it runs on solar energy* * *f ( característica) peculiarity* * *peculiaridad nf: peculiarity
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