quirking

[US]/kwɜːk/
[UK]/kwɜːrk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. peculiaridad; giro repentino; excusa.

Phrases & Collocations

personal quirk

rareza personal

quirky behavior

comportamiento peculiar

quirky personality

personalidad peculiar

Example Sentences

a quirk of fate.

una peculiaridad del destino.

his quirks and quiddities.

sus peculiaridades y sutilezas.

wry humour put a slight quirk in his mouth.

El humor irónico puso un ligero gesto peculiar en su boca.

All men have their own quirks and twists.

Todos los hombres tienen sus propias peculiaridades y giros.

One of his quirks is that he refuses to travel by train.

Una de sus peculiaridades es que se niega a viajar en tren.

a strange quirk of fate had led her to working for Nathan.

una extraña peculiaridad del destino la había llevado a trabajar para Nathan.

Real-world Examples

Even his initial stirrings of domesticity had some quirks.

Incluso sus primeros indicios de vida doméstica tenían algunas peculiaridades.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

This quirk is called the sunk cost fallacy.

Esta peculiaridad se llama la falacia del costo hundido.

Source: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

Every Lagrange point in our solar system has its quirks.

Cada punto de Lagrange en nuestro sistema solar tiene sus peculiaridades.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

This quirk allows some useful comparisons.

Esta peculiaridad permite algunas comparaciones útiles.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I've already started to notice some quirks in some of the finer details.

Ya he empezado a notar algunas peculiaridades en algunos de los detalles más sutiles.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

But it was too much I could fight back against my mother's quirks.

Pero era demasiado para poder luchar contra las peculiaridades de mi madre.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

I'd have to put up with all of their quirks.

Tendría que aguantar todas sus peculiaridades.

Source: Authentic American English Listening Podcast (Slow)

Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov described this natural quirk as 'the most unlikely coincidence imaginable.'

El escritor de ciencia ficción Isaac Asimov describió esta peculiaridad natural como 'la coincidencia más improbable imaginable'.

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

We hope you enjoyed today's insights into your brain and its weird quirks.

Esperamos que hayan disfrutado de las ideas que hoy compartimos sobre su cerebro y sus extrañas peculiaridades.

Source: Simple Psychology

Call it a quirk, a trend, or an epidemic? Vocal fry is everywhere.

¿Lo llamamos una peculiaridad, una tendencia o una epidemia? El sonido gutural está en todas partes.

Source: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.

Popular Words

Explore frequently searched vocabulary

Download App to Unlock Full Content

Want to learn vocabulary more efficiently? Download the DictoGo app and enjoy more vocabulary memorization and review features!

Download DictoGo Now