extranjero
Spanish
Etymology
Relatinized from Old French estrangier. Adjectival cognate with English strange and French étrange (“strange, foreign”). Nominal cognate with English stranger and French étranger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡstɾanˈxeɾo/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾãŋˈxe.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ex‧tran‧je‧ro
Adjective
extranjero (feminine extranjera, masculine plural extranjeros, feminine plural extranjeras)
Derived terms
- el extranjero
- extranjerizar
- idioma extranjero
- lengua extranjera
Noun
extranjero m (plural extranjeros, feminine extranjera, feminine plural extranjeras)
Noun
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
Further reading
- “extranjero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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