Skip to content

insólito

unusual

adjective een-SOH-lee-toh Rare

Also means

extraordinary

Usage Note

Insólito means something is out of the ordinary in a striking, sometimes unsettling way. It is a formal or literary adjective — in everyday speech raro or extraño are far more common. The adverb form is insólitamente.

Examples

"Fue un día insólito para todos."

Natural Translation

It was an unusual day for everyone.

Free starter pack

Building your Spanish vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Spanish by topic