rara

/ˈraɾa/, [ˈra.ɾa]

rare, strange


Examples
  • Antiguamente la sal era una comodidad rara y costosa.

    Salt was a rare and costly commodity in ancient times.

  • La predicción del tiempo rara vez acierta.

    Weather reports rarely come true.

  • Él rara vez fue ahí.

    He rarely went there.

  • Aunque a una hija rara vez le gusta el amante de su madre, una madre siempre siente cierta atracción por el amante de su hija.

    Even though a daughter rarely likes her mother's lover, a mother always has a certain attraction for her daughter's lover.

  • Ella rara vez desayuna.

    She seldom eats breakfast.

  • Tom rara vez llega tarde.

    Tom is rarely late.

  • Como el clima aquí es muy templado, nieva muy rara vez, incluso en invierno.

    Since the climate here is very mild, it seldom snows here even in the winter.

  • El trueque, sin embargo, fue un sistema muy insatisfactorio dado que las necesidades de la gente rara vez coincidían exactamente.

    Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.

  • Los eclipses solares son una rara ocurrencia.

    An eclipse of the sun is a rare appearance.

  • Como vivo en un pueblo aislado, rara vez tengo visita.

    Living as I do in a remote village, I seldom have visitors.

  • Él rara vez va a la iglesia, si es que alguna vez.

    He seldom, if ever, goes to church.

  • Los italianos rara vez hablan de política.

    The Italians seldom talk about politics.

  • Ella rara vez sale a la calle.

    She seldom goes out.

  • La verdad es rara vez pura y nunca sencilla.

    The truth is rarely pure and never simple.


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