lejos

Inherited from Old Spanish lexos, from Latin laxius (“wider”), comparative of laxus (“wide”). False friend of English length but actual relative of English languid.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlexos/ [ˈle.xos]

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• Rhymes: -exos
• Syllabification: le‧jos

lejos (superlative lejísimos)

1. 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:

• “lejos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024