raros

Raros is the masculine plural form of the Spanish adjective raro, meaning rare or uncommon. The feminine plural is raras. It agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Example phrases include objetos raros (rare objects), casos raros (unusual cases), and especies raras (rare species).

Etymology: The adjective derives from Latin rarus, via Old Spanish, and has cognates in other Romance languages. The sense of infrequency remains central in modern usage.

Usage: Raros is widely used in scientific, journalistic, and literary contexts to denote infrequency, unusualness, or exceptional quality. In most cases it follows the noun (casos raros, objetos raros), but it can appear before the noun for emphasis: raros hallazgos, raros talentos. It can also be used as a nominal expression in some registers, such as los raros, referring to rare or unusual people or things, though this is less common and context-dependent.

Examples: La colección presenta objetos raros. Se registraron casos raros de la enfermedad. Es un talento raro. Los raros de la comunidad fueron reconocidos.

See also: Rareza, Rareza (noun forms), Raridad, Raro.