estrafalario
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== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Sicilian strafalariu. Perhaps from strafari (“to overdo”). First attested in 1664, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (see quotations).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /estɾafaˈlaɾjo/ [es.t̪ɾa.faˈla.ɾjo]
Rhymes: -aɾjo
Syllabification: es‧tra‧fa‧la‧rio
=== Adjective ===
estrafalario (feminine estrafalaria, masculine plural estrafalarios, feminine plural estrafalarias)
outlandish, oddball [from mid-17th c.]
Synonyms: extravagante, excéntrico
shabby, slovenly
Synonym: desaliñado
=== Further reading ===
“estrafalario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025