foreign

extranjero

Que viene de otro país, pertenece a él o se encuentra allí.

En inglés sencillo: Coming from, belonging to, or located in a country other than your own.

• She speaks two foreign languages.
• We exchanged some foreign currency.
• Have you visited any foreign countries?

Sinónimos: overseas

Antónimos: domestic

Expresiones frecuentes: foreign country, foreign language, foreign accent, foreign currency

exterior, extranjero

Relacionado con otros países y con las relaciones del propio país con ellos.

En inglés sencillo: Concerned with other countries and your country’s relationship with them.

• Foreign policy was discussed today.
• The foreign minister visited three countries.
• They disagreed over foreign aid.

Sinónimos: external

Antónimos: domestic

Expresiones frecuentes: foreign policy, foreign affairs, foreign relations, foreign aid

ajeno, extraño

Que resulta poco familiar o no pertenece normalmente a una persona, un cuerpo o un sistema.

En inglés sencillo: Unfamiliar to someone, or not normally belonging to a person, body, or system.

• The idea was foreign to me.
• Doctors removed a foreign object from his eye.
• Such cruelty is foreign to her nature.

Cómo se usa: foreign to someone/something (These customs were foreign to us.)

Sinónimos: alien, unfamiliar

Antónimos: familiar

Expresiones frecuentes: foreign to someone, foreign body, foreign object