el 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]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ex‧tran‧je‧ro

Adjective

extranjero (feminine extranjera, masculine plural extranjeros, feminine plural extranjeras)

1. foreign

   Synonym: forastero

Derived terms

• el extranjero
• extranjerizar
• idioma extranjero
• lengua extranjera

 

Noun

extranjero m (plural extranjeros, feminine extranjera, feminine plural extranjeras)

1. foreigner

   Synonym: forastero

Noun

extranjero m (uncountable)

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1. (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

• extranjería
• extranjerismo
• extraño

 

Further reading

• “extranjero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10