Today's
WOTD is: "extranjero" = abroad
In
Spanish, “extranjero”
is a masculine noun of French origin, which means abroad
or
overseas
-other countries, as in:
- Estamos de viaje por al extranjero (we are travelling abroad);
- Venimos del extranjero (we are coming from overseas);
The noun “extranjero”
also means foreigner or foreign people in general as
in:
- Los extranjeros quieren conocer nuestro país (foreigners want to know our country);
- El inglés me sirve para comunicarme con el extranjero (I use English to communicate with foreign people/ people from abroad);
The describing
word/adjective “extranjero”/ “extranjera” is a
related word meaning foreign, as in:
- País extranjero (foreign country);
- Inversión extranjera (foreign investment);
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “extranjero”
are:
- Acento extranjero (foreign accent);
- A Peter no se le nota el acento extranjero (you can't pick up Peter's foreign accent);
- Cuenta en el extranjero (overseas/ foreign account -bank);
- Curso en el extranjero (course abroad/ overseas);
- De origen extranjero (from abroad);
- Solemos comprar productos de origen extranjero (we often buy products from abroad);
- Estancia en el extranjero (abroad/ overseas stay);
- Estudiar en el extranjero (to study abroad/ overseas);
- Estudié un año en el extranjero (I studied abroad/ overseas for a year);
- Estudio en el extranjero (abroad/ overseas study);
- Llamar al extranjero (to call abroad/ overseas)
- Llamar desde el extranjero (to call from abroad/ overseas);
- Tarjeta de identidad de extranjero (ID card for foreign national/ alien registration card);
- Trabajar en el extranjero (to work abroad/ overseas);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "extranjero" in the YouTube clip:
Enrique Bunbury - El extranjero (Vive Latino 2012)
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “extranjero”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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