Polyglot Dictionary

extranjero

/ekstɾanˈxeɾo/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los extranjeros

Meaning

  1. foreigner

    • Los extranjeros necesitan visado.

      Foreigners need a visa.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

forastero

Worth distinguishing: forastero is an outsider, who may be from elsewhere in the same country; extranjero is specifically a foreigner, from another country.

Similar in other languages

German

Ausländer

Ausländer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "foreigner."

Practice

1 What does extranjero mean?

2 Fill the gap: Los ___ necesitan visado.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches extranjero?

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