ajeno

Meaning

  1. of others, belonging to someone else
  2. distant, alien, foreign
  3. extraneous, external

Concepts

somebody else

not one’s own

other’s

see lo ajeno

see los bienes ajenos

somebody else’s

non-company

another's

another man

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
a‧je‧no
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈxeno/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ageno, from Latin aliēnus, from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Compare Portuguese alheio.

Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
alheio

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