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lejos

lejos is Spanish for far.

What lejos means

adv. · #355

far

Example: La estación no está lejos.

The station is not far.

How common is it?

lejos is ranked #355 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.

Nearby on the frequency list

Words with a similar frequency to lejos — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.

• fuera — outside
• dentro — inside
• cerca — near
• mañana — tomorrow
• ayer — yesterday
• hoy — today

See all 500 most common Spanish words

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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22