What does «peculiar» mean in Spanish?
- Proper, characteristic or privative of each person or thing.
Examples of use in Spanish: "esa una característica peculiar del paisaje pampeano".
"tener ojos de distintos colores es un rasgo peculiar de esa familia".
- Said of an infrequent, special, rare or distinguishing characteristic.
Examples of use in Spanish: "su personalidad es un tanto peculiar".
"tiene una peculiar manera de ver las cosas".
"su comportamiento es algo peculiar".
"su manera de vestirse es muy peculiar".
- (estrella peculiar) In astrophysics, chemically peculiar stars are stars with clearly unusual metallic abundances, at least in their surface layers. Read: peculiar star.
- (galaxia peculiar) A galaxy of unusual size, shape, or composition. Between five and ten percent of known galaxies are classified as peculiar. Astronomers have identified two types of peculiar galaxies: interacting galaxies and active galactic nuclei. Read: peculiar galaxy.