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ajeno

someone else's, not one's own

a ˈx e n o
adjective · singular Rare #30,576
someone else's, not one's own Often used to talk about something that belongs to another person or is unrelated to you (e.g., "propiedad ajena").
SP: No quiero meterme en asuntos ajenos.
EN: I don't want to get involved in other people's affairs.
Forms of ajeno
MasculineFeminine
Singular — ajena
Plural — ajenas

Alguien ajeno a nosotros está hundiendo nuestros negocios.

Someone outside of us is ruining our business.

— M, el vampiro de Düsseldorf (1931)

Mi padre es ajeno al dolor emocional que su abuso me causó.

My father is unaware of the emotional pain his abuse caused me.

Yo soy ajeno a cualquier iglesia.

I am not affiliated with any church.

Si te comes el dinero ajeno, te da diarrea.

If you eat up other people's money, you get diarrhea.

— Thirst (2009)

Este no, es ajeno, no lo puedo dar.

Not this one; it belongs to someone else, so I can't give it away.

— ¡Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986)

Diré que robaste un libro ajeno.

I'll say you stole someone else's book.

— El espejo (1975)

Hombre soy; nada humano me es ajeno.

I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.

Cómo puedes leer el diario ajeno?

How can you read someone else's diary?

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)

Odiar a otros le es ajeno.

Hating others is foreign to him.