Extrañar (en. Miss)

/eksˈtraɲar/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To feel the absence of someone or something.

I miss my family when I am away from home.

Extraño a mi familia cuando estoy lejos de casa.

To replace the presence of something with a sense of loss.

I miss the taste of my grandmother's cooking.

Extrañar el sabor de la comida de mi abuela.

To make someone feel nostalgic due to their absence.

He misses me when I’m not at the office.

Me extraña cuando no estoy en la oficina.

From the Latin 'extrañare', which means 'from outside' or 'foreign'.

to miss someone

To feel the absence of a person.

extrañar a alguien

to miss a place

To feel nostalgia for a place that has been left behind.

extrañar un lugar

not to miss

Not to feel the absence of something or someone.

no extrañar

longing

A feeling of nostalgia for something that has been lost.

añoranza

nostalgia

A feeling of sadness for something that is gone.

nostalgia

melancholy

A state of deep sadness.

melancolía

To miss someone a lot.

I miss him a ton since he left.

Lo extraño un chingo desde que se fue.

To feel an emptiness due to someone’s absence.

Honestly, I miss him quite a bit.

La neta, lo extraño bastante.