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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan foraster.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foɾasˈteɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: fo‧ras‧te‧ro
Adjective
forastero (feminine forastera, masculine plural forasteros, feminine plural forasteras)
- foreign
- Synonym: extranjero
Noun
forastero m (plural forasteros, feminine forastera, feminine plural forasteras)
- foreigner
- Synonym: extranjero
1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:-Ya, es el Plantagenet -dijo un forastero que a la sazón se encontraba allí-. He visto este vapor la semana pasada atracado a los muelles de Manzanedo descargando géneros ingleses.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- stranger, outsider
- Synonyms: extranjero, desconocido
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