lejos
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish lexos, from Latin laxius (“wider”), comparative of laxus (“wide”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]lejos (superlative lejísimos)
- far
- Antonym: cerca
- Pablo Neruda, "Me gustas cuando callas"
- Y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te alcanza:
- And you hear me from afar, and my voice does not reach you:
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lejos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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