stranger

desconocido, extraño

Persona a la que nunca has conocido o que no conoces.

En inglés sencillo: A person you have never met or do not know.

• A stranger helped me find the station.
• Do not give strangers your home address.
• Why was that stranger waiting outside our door?

Expresiones frecuentes: complete stranger, talk to a stranger

forastero, extranjero

Persona que viene de otro lugar y no pertenece a ese lugar o grupo.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who comes from elsewhere and does not belong to a place or group.

• He was a stranger in our village.
• The small community welcomed strangers warmly.
• After years abroad, she felt like a stranger in her own country.

Cómo se usa: a stranger to somewhere (She was a stranger to the village and its customs.)

Sinónimos: outsider, newcomer, foreigner

Antónimos: local

Expresiones frecuentes: stranger in town, stranger to something

perdido

Nombre cariñoso o bromista para alguien conocido a quien llevas tiempo sin ver.

En inglés sencillo: A friendly name for someone you know but have not seen for a while.

• Hello, stranger! Come and sit with us.
• Hey, stranger, where have you been?
• Welcome back, stranger! We have missed you.

Expresiones frecuentes: hello stranger, hey stranger

tercero

Persona sin derechos legales ni participación en un acuerdo, una actuación o una propiedad.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who has no legal right or involvement in an agreement, action, or property.

• A stranger to the contract cannot enforce it.
• The court rejected the claim of a stranger with no title.
• These strangers had no legal interest in the property.

Cómo se usa: a stranger to something (The buyer was a stranger to the original agreement.)

Sinónimos: third party, outsider

Expresiones frecuentes: stranger to proceedings, stranger to something

más extraño, más raro

Más inusual o más difícil de entender que otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: More unusual or harder to understand than something else.

• That noise is stranger than the last one.
• Her dreams became stranger after the move.
• Have you ever heard a stranger story?

Cómo se usa: stranger than someone/something (His explanation was stranger than the original story.)

Sinónimos: more unusual, odder

Antónimos: more ordinary

Expresiones frecuentes: even stranger, stranger than something