Polyglot Dictionary

forastero

/foɾasˈteɾo/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los forasteros

Meaning

  1. outsider

    • Llegó un forastero.

      A stranger arrived.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

extranjero

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

Außenseiter

Außenseiter is the German word for the same thing — both mean "outsider."

Portuguese

forasteiro

forasteiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "outsider."

Practice

1 What does forastero mean?

2 Fill the gap: Llegó un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches forastero?

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