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rare / raro
rare
A. -adjective
rarer comparative
rarest superlative
1. (=uncommon, infrequent) [item, book] raro [plant, animal] poco comúnoun [ability, opportunity] excepcional [case, occurrence] poco frecuente
·it is rare to find that ...
·es raro encontrarse con que ...
·it is rare for her to come
·es raro que venga
a. she had a rare [beauty] = tenía una belleza singular
b. with very rare [exceptions] = con muy raras excepciones
c. in a moment of rare [generosity] = en un momento de inusitada generosidad
d. to [grow] rare(r)
[animals, plants] volverse menos comúnoun
[visits] hacerse masculineánoun raro
e. on the rare [occasions] when he spoke = en las poquísimas ocasiones en las que hablaba
f. it is a rare [sight] = es algo que no se ve frecuentemente
g. to have a rare old [time] * † pasárselo pipa *
STRANGE, RARE
2. (=rarefied) [air, atmosphere] enrarecido
3. (culinary, cooking ) [steak, meat] vuelta y vuelta, poco hecho Spain
B. -compound
·rare earth -noun tierra (f) rara
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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