What does lejano in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word lejano in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use lejano in Spanish.

The word lejano in Spanish means far, distant, distant, in the near future, distant relative, distant future. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word lejano

far

adjetivo (apartado)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Lo trajeron del lejano oriente.
They brought it from the Far East.

distant

adjetivo (de parentesco remoto) (relationship)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Tengo algunos parientes lejanos en Brasil.
I have a few distant relatives in Brazil.

distant

adjetivo (figurado (distante) (figurative)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Desde la discusión que tuvimos se muestra lejano.
After the argument we had he seems distant.

in the near future

locución adverbial (en breve)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Juan cree que en un futuro no muy lejano podremos teletransportarnos a nuestro lugar de trabajo.
Juan believes that, in the near future, we will be able to teleport ourselves to our workplace.

distant relative

locución nominal con flexión de género (no inmediato)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Parece que la víctima de asesinato era una familiar lejana del alcalde.
It would appear that the murder victim was a distant relative of the mayor.

distant future

(tiempo distante)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La dirección actual parece no hacer planes para el futuro lejano de la compañía.
The current management seems not to make any plans for the distant future of the company.

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