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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈfweɾas/
- Rhymes: -eɾas
- Syllabification: a‧fue‧ras
Etymology 1
See afuera.
Noun
afueras f pl (plural only)
- outskirts, suburbs
Vivo en las afueras de la ciudad – es muy limpio y tranquilo.- I live in the outskirts of the city – it's very clean and peaceful.
1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Sensini”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:Vivía en las afueras de Girona, en una casa en ruinas que me habían dejado mi hermana y mi cuñado tras marcharse a México y acababa de perder un trabajo de vigilante nocturno en un cámping de Barcelona, el cual había acentuado mi disposición a no dormir durante las noches.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
afueras
- second-person singular present indicative of aforar (“to grant (a privilege or immunity)”)
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