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desconocido — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alien noun A being from another planet.
  • strange adjective Unusual, odd, or surprising, and not what you would expect.
  • stranger noun A person you do not know.
  • unbeknownst adj Without the knowledge of someone; unknown to them.
  • undisclosed adj Not revealed or made public; kept secret.
  • unknown adjective Not known, identified, or familiar.

Senses

desconocido is used for these senses in English:

  • alien A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
  • strange Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
  • stranger A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
  • unbeknownst (followed by to) Without the knowledge of.
  • undisclosed Not disclosed.
  • unknown (sometimes, _, postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
  • unknown Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.

alien — full definition

  1. noun A being from another planet.
  2. noun A foreign citizen living in a country where they do not hold citizenship.
  3. adj Very strange or unfamiliar.
  4. verb (formal, law) To transfer ownership of property to someone else.

strange — full definition

  1. adjective Unusual, odd, or surprising, and not what you would expect.
  2. adjective Unfamiliar; not previously known or experienced.

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