curious

curioso

Que quiere descubrir cosas o aprender sobre ellas.

En inglés sencillo: Wanting to find out or learn about things.

• Children are naturally curious.
• I was curious about her new job.
• Are you curious to know what happened?

Cómo se usa: curious about someone/something (She is curious about life abroad.); curious to do something (I was curious to see the results.)

Sinónimos: inquisitive, interested

Antónimos: uninterested

Expresiones frecuentes: curious about something, curious child, curious to know

curioso, extraño

Extraño o poco habitual de una manera que despierta preguntas.

En inglés sencillo: Strange or unusual in a way that makes you wonder about it.

• That is a curious noise.
• We noticed a curious mark on the wall.
• It was curious that nobody remembered his name.

Cómo se usa: it is curious that… (It is curious that both letters arrived today.)

Sinónimos: odd, strange, unusual

Antónimos: ordinary

Expresiones frecuentes: a curious thing, curious coincidence, curious behavior, curious creature