estranho
Portuguese, noun/isˈtɾɐ̃.ɲu/
estranho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stranger (unknown person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of estranhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quark de carga elétrica -1/3”.
What does estranho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
odd; strange (not normal)
Esse animal é muito estranho.
- 2
unknown; unfamiliar (not known or familiar)
Proibida a entrada de pessoas estranhas.
noun
- 1
masculinestranger (unknown person)
Toda criança sabe que não se deve falar com estranhos.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of estranhar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que ou que é esquisito, que se caracteriza pelo caráter excepcional
noun: 1. quark de carga elétrica -1/3
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estranho
- estranha feminine
- estranhos masculine plural
- estranhas feminine plural
- mais estranho comparative
- o mais estranho superlative
- estranhíssimo superlative
- estranhão augmentative
- extranho alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estranho?
- Brazil /isˈtɾɐ̃.ɲu/
- Brazil [isˈtɾɐ̃.j̃u]
- Brazil /esˈtɾɐ̃.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estranho
- foreign
- funny
- weird
- strange
- curious
- odd
- alien
- stranger
- bizarre
- peculiar
- eerie
- uncanny
- outlandish
- extraneous
- uncouth
- unearthly
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estranho in Portuguese?
estranho appears 78 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).