inusual

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +‎ usual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [i.nu.zuˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

inusual m or f (masculine and feminine plural inusuals)

1. unusual

   Antonym: usual

Further reading

• “inusual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “inusual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “inusual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Interlingua

Adjective

inusual (comparative plus inusual, superlative le plus inusual)

1. unusual

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-lbor.

Portuguese in-

Latin ūsuālislbor.

Portuguese usual

Portuguese inusual

From in- + usual.

Adjective

inusual m or f (plural inusuais)

1. unusual (not usual)

   Antonym: usual

Further reading

• “inusual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-lbor.

Spanish in-

Latin ūsuālislbor.

Spanish usual

Spanish inusual

From in- + usual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inuˈswal/ [i.nuˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: i‧nu‧sual

Adjective

inusual m or f (masculine and feminine plural inusuales)

1. unusual

   Synonym: inusitado

   Antonym: usual

   • 2023 March 27, Jackie Wattles, “Esta impresionante alineación de 5 planetas será visible esta semana: ¿cómo verla?”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     “Es como cuando el cuentakilómetros de tu coche llega a 44.444”, dijo. “Es bonito e inusual. Pero en realidad no significa nada”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• inusualmente

Further reading

• “inusual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025