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audio le·jos

adv.
  1. (a gran distancia) far, far away
    lejos de aquí far away from here
  2. figurative (remoto) far
    estaba lejos de creer eso I was far from believing that

Idioms:
a lo lejos
in the distance, far away
de lejos
  1. (de gran distancia) from afar, from a distance
  2. (sin duda) by far
    él es de lejos el mejor candidato he is by far the best candidate
desde lejos
from afar, from a distance
ir lejos
figurative to go too far, go a long way
lejos de
  1. (a gran distancia) far from, a long way from
  2. figurative (en lugar de) far from
    lejos de sufrir, estaba contento far from suffering, he was happy
más lejos
farther, further
m.
  1. (aspecto) appearance from a distance
  2. painting background
  3. figurative (semejanza) resemblance

Idiom:
tener buen lejos
to look good from a distance
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