fare specie
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to do species”.
Verb
fàre specie (first-person singular present fàccio specie, first-person singular past historic féci specie, past participle fàtto specie, first-person singular imperfect facévo specie, second-person singular imperative fài specie or fà' specie, auxiliary avére)
- to strike (someone) as odd; to catch (someone) off guard; to seem unusual [+ a (object) = to]
- La tua disinvoltura mi ha fatto specie.
- Your nonchalantness struck me as odd.