extranjero
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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
Adjective
extranjero (feminine extranjera, masculine plural extranjeros, feminine plural extranjeras)
Derived terms
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16