Lejos describes a relatively large distance from a place.
The idea
Use lejos alone when the reference is understood and lejos de before a noun.
Examples
- La estación está lejos de mi casa.The station is far from my home.
- Vivimos lejos del centro.We live far from the center.
- El hospital no está lejos.The hospital is not far away.
- Ana trabaja lejos de aquí.Ana works far from here.
- El parque queda lejos; vamos en autobús.The park is far away; we go by bus.
- La tienda está demasiado lejos para caminar.The shop is too far to walk.
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The opposite cerca indicates proximity; the reference point matters.
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Choose the preposition before the noun: La estación está lejos ___ mi casa. (de / con)
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de
Lejos de introduces home as the reference point.
Choose the contraction of de + el: Vivimos lejos ___ centro. (del / al)
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del
De + el contracts to del before centro.
Choose the word matching the distance: La tienda no está cerca; hay mucha distancia: está ___. (lejos / cerca)
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lejos
A great distance rather than proximity fits lejos.
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Choose the preposition before the noun: La estación está lejos ___ mi casa. (de / con)
Choose the contraction of de + el: Vivimos lejos ___ centro. (del / al)
Choose the word matching the distance: La tienda no está cerca; hay mucha distancia: está ___. (lejos / cerca)
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Tap the words in the right order.
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