English-Spanish translations for stranger

• extraña
  Aún más extraña fue la explicación que dio en la comisión de porqué no se ha hecho así. Even stranger was the explanation in committee as to why it did not do so.
  No es él quien permite que su milicia viole a las mujeres que se le oponen, sino gente extraña. It is not he who allows his militia to rape women who oppose him, but total strangers.
• extraño
  No somos extraños los unos para los otros. We are not strangers to each other.
  En realidad, muy pocas quedan con extraños fuera de Internet. In reality, very few meet strangers off the Internet.
  Aún más extraño es que falte otro aspecto muy importante. It is almost even stranger that another important aspect is missing.
• desconocida
• desconocido
  El sentido común es un desconocido para la Unión Europea. Common sense is a stranger to the European Union.
  Finalmente, quiero decir que este problema no es el mismo que el de la violencia entre desconocidos. Finally, I want to make the point that this issue is not the same as the issue of violence between strangers.
  Tenemos que preparar a todos los niños de antemano por si se presentara el caso, tal y como les enseñamos a que no se monten en coches de desconocidos o a que no acepten golosinas de extraños. We need to prepare every child in advance for such an occurrence, just as we teach them not to get into an unfamiliar car or accept sweets from strangers.
• extranjera
  Hay gente que se siente extranjera en su propio país, que ha perdido todo el contacto humano y la oportunidad de sentirse a gusto en el mundo. There are people who are strangers in their own land, who have lost all human contact and the chance to feel at home in the world.
• extranjero
  Tratar al extranjero como sospechoso es amenazar a toda la sociedad europea. To treat strangers with suspicion is to threaten the whole of European society.
  Básicamente se trata de evitar ser innecesariamente restrictivos con los extranjeros por el mero hecho de serlo. That is in itself also about avoiding being unduly restrictive towards the stranger simply because he or she is a stranger.
  Quisiera poder compartir con todas y todos el sentir de que nadie es extranjero en nuestros Estados. I would like to be able to share with everyone my conviction that, in our countries, no one is a stranger.
• extranjero extranjera
• forastera
• forastero
  Los extremistas utilizarán la combinación explosiva de terrorismo, inmigración y asilo, así como el temor del forastero a seguir su propia agenda, lo que reducirá los derechos de los vulnerables. Extremists will and do use the explosive cocktail of terrorism, immigration and asylum and the fear of the stranger to pursue their own agenda, which will diminish the rights of the vulnerable.

Definition of stranger

• A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance
• An outsider or foreigner
• One not admitted to communion or fellowship
• One who has not been seen for a long time
• One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor
• One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right
• A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc
• To estrange; to alienate

Examples

• Truth is stranger than fiction
• Children are taught not to talk to strangers
• Hello, stranger!
• Actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title

Related words

• strange