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foreign

UK: /ˈfɒr.ən/ US: /ˈfɔːr-/

Translation

adj
extranjero,ra
a foreign language
un idioma extranjero
exterior
foreign policy
política exterior
extraño,ña
foreign body
cuerpo extraño
to be foreign to sth/sb (form)
ser ajeno,na a
pron. La g no se pronuncia
(Definition of foreign adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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