lejano

distant

adjective leh-HAH-noh Rare

Also means

remote

Usage Note

Lejano describes physical or figurative distance and agrees in gender and number with its noun: lejana, lejanos, lejanas. The opposite is cercano. The phrase el Lejano Oriente (the Far East) is a fixed geographical expression. Note that lejos is the adverbial form ('far away') and cannot replace lejano as a modifier.

Examples

"Vivía en un pueblo lejano."

Natural Translation

She lived in a distant village.

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