How to Say "unusually" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “unusually” is “extrañamente” — B1 level.
English → SpanishB1
adverbB1
to a degree that is not normal
Examples
Extrañamente, nadie vino a la fiesta.
Oddly enough, nobody came to the party.
Él me miró extrañamente antes de irse.
He looked at me strangely before leaving.
La casa estaba extrañamente silenciosa esa noche.
The house was strangely quiet that night.
The '-mente' ending
In Spanish, adding '-mente' to the end of a feminine adjective (like 'extraña') is just like adding '-ly' in English to describe how something is done.
Starting a sentence
When you put this word at the very beginning of a sentence followed by a comma, it acts like a comment on the whole situation, similar to saying 'It is strange that...'
Using the adjective instead
Mistake: “Él habla extraño.”
Correction: Él habla extrañamente.
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