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    Unhappy ¡Qué bizarro!

    Resulta que escucho esta expresión a diario en el sentido de: ¡Qué raro! ¡Qué extraño! ¡Qué estrambótico! Es decir, tiene una connotación negativa (por eso agregué una carita triste en el tema de este hilo).

    ¡Pero significa "valiente"!

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    bizarro, rra
    Del it. bizzarro 'iracundo'.
    1. adj. valiente (‖ arriesgado).
    2. adj. Generoso, lucido, espléndido.

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    Default Re: ¡Qué bizarro!

    Maybe it is a "false friend" but I thought bizarro was the equivalent of bizarre.


    Bizarre

    adjective
    1.
    markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd:
    bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior.
    Synonyms: weird, freakish, grotesque; fantastic; unusual, strange, odd.
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    Default Re: ¡Qué bizarro!

    Hi, Vicente!

    It's definitely a FALSE FRIEND! Crystal clear, as usual!


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    Default Re: ¡Qué bizarro!

    Muy interesante!
    ¿Podrían ampliar el concepto o referir a un Thread donde se explique el término "False Friend"?
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    Hi eidjit

    "Spanish and English share a lot of words with Latin roots, but sometimes words with the same origin take a separate path in each language, or words with different origins resemble each other by coincidence. That can mean trouble. You might want to tell someone you don't want to embarrass her and wind up saying, "I don't want to get you pregnant."


    Here is a link with a list of Spanish-English "false friends."examples.

    50 Spanish-English False Friend Words | Mental Floss
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    Default Re: ¡Qué bizarro!

    Quote Originally Posted by vicente View Post
    Hi eidjit

    "Spanish and English share a lot of words with Latin roots, but sometimes words with the same origin take a separate path in each language, or words with different origins resemble each other by coincidence. That can mean trouble. You might want to tell someone you don't want to embarrass her and wind up saying, "I don't want to get you pregnant."


    Here is a link with a list of Spanish-English "false friends."examples.

    50 Spanish-English False Friend Words | Mental Floss
    Nice info! I always get confused with these false friends.

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    Default Re: ¡Qué bizarro!

    Tomado de la lista de arriba:

    BIZARRO dashing, brave, gallant BIZARRE extraño

    Del diccionario de francés Larousse:

    bizarre
    adjectif
    (italien bizzarro, extravagant)
    * Qui s'écarte de l'usage commun, qui surprend par son étrangeté ; insolite : Une aventure bizarre.
    * Qui s'écarte du bon sens, dont le comportement est anormal : Un original un peu bizarre.


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    Default Re: ¡Qué bizarro!

    Ooopss...So, it seems that it was the Spanish language the one that strayed from the original meaning...

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    Default Re: ¡Qué bizarro!

    Sí, bizarre no parece ser un término propio del idioma inglés, sino más bien del francés.

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    Default Re: ¡Qué bizarro!

    Tienen razón todos! Comprobados, LOL.

    bizarro -rra. En español significa ‘valiente, esforzado’: «Llega el capitán Andrés Cuevas, un bizarro combatiente al mando de un pelotón» (Matos Noche [Cuba 2002]); y ‘lucido, airoso’: «Vuestra juventud reverdecerá más bizarra y galana que nunca» (Luján Espejos [Esp. 1991]).
    Debe evitarse su empleo con el sentido de ‘raro o extravagante’, calco semántico censurable del francés o del inglés bizarre: «—Es un nombre bizarro. —No cuando se ha nacido en Sídney y se es australiana» (Leyva Piñata [Méx. 1984]). Tampoco debe emplearse bizarríacon el sentido de ‘rareza o extravagancia’.


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    Para evitar la confusión al lector, tranquilamente podemos usar otros sinónimos como por ejemplo: insólito.

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