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insolito

unusual

adjective een-SOH-lee-toh Less Common

Also means

strange

Usage Note

Insolito describes something out of the ordinary or unexpected. It agrees in gender and number: insolito, insolita, insoliti, insolite. A useful near-synonym is strano (strange), but insolito carries a stronger sense of rarity rather than oddness.

Examples

"È successa una cosa insolita oggi."

Natural Translation

Something unusual happened today.

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