English-Spanish translations for foreign language

• lengua extranjera
  Se han suspendido, por ejemplo, la celebración de los exámenes de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera (TOEFL). The holding of Tests of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL tests) has been abandoned, for example.
  Para ellos, es tan solo un concepto que se encuentra en los libros en lengua extranjera. They only know it as a notion found in foreign language phrase books.
  Por añadidura, más de 60 % de los ciudadanos no pueden usar una lengua extranjera en su trabajo. Moreover, over 60% of the citizens cannot use a foreign language in their work.

Definition of foreign language

• A language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place
• A language that is not one's native tongue

Examples

• Irish courts will hear cases in English or Gaelic, but speakers of foreign languages must find an interpreter
• The children struggled in their Welsh lessons because they didnt have any experience of foreign languages

Related words

• foreign land
• foreigners law
• foreign language exam
• foreign-language