extraño la escuela
/eɡstɾaɲo la eskwela/from spelling rules
In Spanish, "I miss school" is expressed as extraño la escuela.
A person says this when they feel sad because they are no longer at school or are away from it.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, one might say Me hace falta la escuela. to express missing school.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb extrañar is conjugated in the first-person singular present indicative to mean "I miss". The imperfect tense extrañaba is used to express a continuous state of missing school in the past (extrañaba la escuela: I used to miss school / I was missing school).
Did you know?
- The word escuela comes from the Ancient Greek word skholḗ, which originally meant 'leisure' or 'spare time'. It referred to the intellectual conversations enjoyed during one's free time before it became a word for a formal place of learning.
- The word extraño is a linguistic 'cousin' to the English word 'strange'. Both words trace back to the Latin term extrāneus, meaning 'outside' or 'foreign'.
- The word extraño is also the Spanish word for 'strange'.
Examples in context
- Echo mucho de menos la escuelaI miss school a lot
- Extraño las risas con mis amigos en la escuelaI miss laughing with my friends at school
- Siento nostalgia por la escuela. Los momentos vividos allí me marcaron profundamenteI feel nostalgia for school. The moments lived there have deeply impacted me
- Extraño mucho el colegio. Esos días fueron los mejores de mi vidaI miss school a lot. Those days were the best of my life
- Extraño la escuela todos los días.I miss school every day.
- Ahora que trabajo, extraño la escuela.Now that I am working, I miss school.
- A veces extraño la escuela y mis amigos.Sometimes I miss school and my friends.
Example conversation
Daniel and María are talking about their childhood.
- DanielMira estas fotos, yo extraño la escuela.Look at these photos, I miss school.
- MaríaYo también, Daniel. Los días eran más simples.Me too, Daniel. The days were simpler.
- DanielExtraño la escuela y nuestras meriendas.I miss school and our snacks.
- MaríaTienes razón, María recuerda esos momentos.You are right, María remembers those moments.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries escuela, extraño, la, CC BY-SA 4.0.
