extranjero
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Relatinized from Old French estrangier. Adjectival cognate with English strange and French étrange (“strange, foreign”). Nominal cognate with English stranger and French étranger.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /eɡstɾanˈxeɾo/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾãŋˈxe.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ex‧tran‧je‧ro
Adjective edit
extranjero (feminine extranjera, masculine plural extranjeros, feminine plural extranjeras)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
extranjero m (plural extranjeros, feminine extranjera, feminine plural extranjeras)
Noun edit
extranjero m (uncountable)
- (usually "el extranjero") A foreign country or countries, seen as a unit; abroad.
- Vamos al extranjero por primera vez.
- We're going abroad for the first time.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “extranjero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014