Polyglot Dictionary

lejanía

/lexaˈnia/

la 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
las lejanías

Meaning

  1. distance

    • Se veía en la lejanía.

      It could be seen in the distance.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

distancia

lejanía implies remoteness, a far-off distance, often figurative, like "in the distance"; distancia is the general, everyday word for "distance."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

distância

distância is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "distance."

Practice

1 What does lejanía mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se veía en la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lejanía?

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