Ajena (en. Foreign)

/aˈxena/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

adjective

Pertinent to what is not one's own.

We must respect other people's property.

Debemos respetar la propiedad ajena.

What is considered strange or alien.

I felt like I was in a foreign place.

Sentía que estaba en un lugar ajeno.

That which belongs to or relates to different people.

The life of another is a concept that is difficult to understand.

La vida ajena es un concepto difícil de entender.

From the Latin 'alienus', which means 'belonging to another'.

someone else's house

Housing that belongs to another person.

casa ajena

someone else's time

Time not dedicated to oneself, but to others.

tiempo ajeno

ajeno

that is not one's own.

ajeno

alienation

State of being separated from oneself or one's environment.

alienación

to miss

To feel the lack of something or someone.

extrañar

alienness

Condition of what is alien.

ajenidad

To refer to something that is not well understood.

All of this seems very foreign to me, I can't follow the conversation.

Todo esto me parece muy ajena, no logro seguir la conversación.

To use the word to describe a state of discomfort.

I was at a party that I wasn't part of and didn't know who to talk to.

Estuve en una fiesta ajena y no sabía con quién hablar.