What does extrañar mean?
extrañar means to miss (someone or something) in English. It is a regular -ar verb.
It can also be used with these related meanings: to cause to find odd/strange; to find something strange.
Spanish verb guide
Extrañar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn extrañar, meaning to miss (someone or something), through verified forms and contextual examples.
regular-argerund: extrañandoparticiple: extrañado
Principal forms of extrañar
- Infinitive
- extrañar
- Gerund
- extrañando
- Past participle
- extrañado
Extrañar conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | extraño | extrañé | extrañaba | extrañaré |
| tú | extrañas | extrañaste | extrañabas | extrañarás |
| él / ella / usted | extraña | extrañó | extrañaba | extrañará |
| nosotros/as | extrañamos | extrañamos | extrañábamos | extrañaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | extrañan | extrañaron | extrañaban | extrañarán |
Pattern notes
- Extrañar follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.
Examples with extrañar
Extraño mucho a mi madre.I miss my mother very much.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom extraña a su esposa.Tom misses his wife.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Extraña mucho a su familia.He misses his family very much.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate extrañar for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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