afuera
English
Etymology
From Spanish afuera, the English definition originates from a video where Javier Milei removes the names of government agencies off a board.[1]
Interjection
afuera
- (politics, chiefly used by libertarians) used aggressively towards leftist and statist views as a form of get out!
References
Ladino
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish afuera (“out”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Paris): (file)
Adverb
afuera (Hebrew spelling אפ׳ואירה)[1]
- out (outside) [16th c.]
- 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi[3], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 197:
- Yo melo bevi todo, ile echi en la alda unos kuantos konfites kon un dukado adyentro, i mos salimos afuera.
- I drank it all myself, and inside I threw aside some candy with a coin, then we left.
- abroad (overseas)
References
Old Spanish
Etymology
Adverb
afuera
Descendants
References
- Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “afuera”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 16
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish afuera (“out”), equivalent to a- + fuera. Compare Aragonese afora, Extremaduran afuera, ahuera, Portuguese afora, Romanian afară. Also compare English forum (in sense of "outdoor place").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈfweɾa/ [aˈfwe.ɾa]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: a‧fue‧ra
Adverb
afuera
- out, outside
- Antonym: adentro
- ¡Vamos afuera! ― Let's go out!
- peripheral
Derived terms
Related terms
Interjection
afuera
Verb
afuera
- inflection of aforar (“to grant (a privilege or immunity)”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “afuera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025