English–Spanish
“distant” in Spanish
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA/leˈxano/
Example
Este pueblo lejano tiene pocas tiendas.
This distant town has few shops.
How to say “distant” in Spanish
“Distant” in Spanish is lejano.
Two people sitting far apart to show emotional distance.
Example sentences with lejano
En mis sueños viajo a un lejano país que nunca he visto.
In my dreams I travel to a distant country that I have never seen.
Tips for using lejano
- Applies to physical, temporal, or affective separation, so use lejano to qualify nouns (una relación lejana) and use lejos when saying that something is far away with a verb.