foreigner

S2 W2

BrE /ˈfɒrənɪdʒə/ AmE /ˈfɔːrnɪdʒər/

noun en → es

1 PERSON FROM ABROAD [singular] B1

a person who lives in a country that is not their own or whose nationality is different from the people around them

extranjero, forastero, ajeno

  • be a foreigner to somewhere

Collocations foreigner in the country · foreigner from another place

  • He's a foreigner here, but he speaks excellent English.

    Es un extranjero aquí, pero habla inglés excelente.

2 STRANGER [singular] B1

a person who is not familiar to you or does not belong in a particular place

extraño, desconocido

  • be a foreigner to somewhere

Collocations foreigner in the community · foreigner at the event

  • She felt like a foreigner when she first arrived.

    Se sintió como una extraña cuando llegó por primera vez.