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Inflections of 'rare' (adj):

rarer: adj comparative

rarest: adj superlative

Inflections of 'rare' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

rares: v 3rd person singular

raring: v pres p

rared: v past

rared: v past p

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
rare adj	(infrequent) (infrecuentes)	raro/a adj
	Eclipses are rare.
	Los eclipses son raros.
rare adj	(meat: briefly cooked)	jugoso/a adj
		poco cocido loc adj
		poco hecho loc adj
	I like my steaks rare - almost raw.
	Me gusta el bistec jugoso, casi completamente crudo.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
rare adj	(scarce)	escaso/a adj
		raro/a adj
	Bears are rare around here.
	Los osos son escasos en este área.
rare adj	(special)	excepcional adj mf
	He really is a rare individual.
	Él es una persona excepcional, muy especial.
rare adj	(air: thin)	escaso/a adj
	The air is quite rare near the top of the mountain.
	El aire es bastante escaso cerca de la cumbre de la montaña.
rare⇒ vi	US, regional, dated (animal: rear, get up on hind legs)	encabritarse⇒ v prnl
	The horse rared, throwing its rider to the ground.
	El caballo se encabritó y tiró al jinete al suelo.
rare [sb]⇒ vtr	regional (rear, raise a child)	criar a vtr + prep
	The couple moved to the countryside to rare their little ones.
	La pareja se mudó al campo para criar a sus pequeños.
rare [sth]⇒ vtr	regional (rear an animal)	criar⇒ vtr
	My family's been raring sheep around these parts for generations.
	Mi familia ha criado ovejas en esta región por generaciones.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
extremely rare adj	(steak: cooked very little)	muy jugoso loc adj
		casi crudo loc adj
	There's not much difference between an extremely rare steak and a raw steak.
	(AR)	vuelta y vuelta loc adj
medium-rare, medium rare adj	(steak: pink or slightly bloody) (AR)	jugoso/a adj
Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun.
	I prefer my steak medium rare whereas some people prefer it well done.
	Yo prefiero la carne jugosa, pero otros la prefieren bien cocida.
		poco hecho loc adj
	Yo prefiero la carne poco hecha, pero otros la prefieren bien cocida.
rare bird n	figurative, informal (outstanding person) (coloquial, figurado)	bicho raro loc nom mf
rare bird n	figurative, informal (outstanding thing)	cosa rara nf + adj
rare breed n	(animal: type not often seen)	especie rara nf + adj
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El okapi es una especie rara, pero no se sabe si la causa de ello es su escasez o sus hábitos sigilosos.
rare breed n	figurative (person: kind not often encountered) (figurado, coloquial)	bicho raro loc nom m
		personaje nm
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. A sus 9 años, Julián es un bicho raro: prefiere la matemática al fútbol.
rare earth n	(chemistry)	tierra rara loc nom f
	Cerium and gadolinium are rare earths.
rare gift n	(special or unique talent)	raro don nm
	Jerónimo tiene un raro don: sabe escuchar.
		don especial nm
	Tenía un don especial para las relaciones sociales y pronto llegó a ser presidente del club.
rare sight n	([sth] not seen often)	algo inusual grupo nom
	Hace algunas décadas era frecuente, habitual. Pero hoy en día es algo inusual, raro de ver.
rare-earth element, rare-earth metal n	(chemistry)	tierra rara nf + adj

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'rare' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

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Spanish:

raro - saltón - inusitado - contado - inhabitual - privilegiado - esporádico - infrecuente - archivo histórico - flores exóticas - tierra rara - bibliófilo - escaso - al punto

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