English-Spanish translations for peculiar

• peculiar
  Tomo nota de esta peculiar cuestión de orden. I have taken note of this peculiar point of order.
  Se ha creado una situación peculiar. A peculiar situation has come about.
  De hecho, su situación es peculiar. Your situation is, in fact, peculiar.
• específico
  Señorías, este Parlamento padece un síndrome específico, a saber, el síndrome de la patente sobre la vida. This House suffers from a peculiar syndrome known as the patent-for-life syndrome.
  En cambio, el ordenamiento jurídico de cada uno de nuestros países presenta, y seguirá conservando en el futuro, su carácter específico y particularidades. The law in each of our countries, on the other hand, has, and will retain in the future, its own specific features and peculiarities.
• raro

Definition of peculiar

• Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual
• Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular
• One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others
• Particular; individual; special; appropriate
• That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic
• an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated

Examples

• The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm
• It would be rather peculiar to see a kangaroo hopping down a city street
• Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia

Related words

• peculiarity
• peculiarly
• peculiar to
• peculiarity|peculiarity