Extrañaba (en. I missed)

eks-tra-ˈɲa-βa

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To feel nostalgia or pain for the absence of something or someone.

She missed her family while she was traveling.

Extrañaba a su familia mientras estaba de viaje.

To consider something or someone necessary or valuable due to their absence.

Since she moved, she had missed their company.

Desde que se mudó, extrañaba su compañía.

To feel a deep desire to regain something that has been lost.

She missed the days of her childhood.

Extrañaba los días de su infancia.

From the verb 'extrañar', which comes from the Latin 'extraneare'.

to miss someone

To feel the absence of a person.

extrañar a alguien

to miss a place

To feel nostalgia for a specific site.

extrañar un lugar

to miss past times

To long for earlier times.

extrañar tiempos pasados

to yearn

To feel nostalgia for something that has been lost.

añorar

nostalgia

Feeling of sadness over the loss of something dear.

nostalgia

absence

A sense of lack of something.

falta

To miss

I always miss him when I go out with friends.

Siempre le echo de menos cuando salgo con amigos.

To lose track

I miss the connection we used to have.

Extraño la conexión que teníamos antes.