ajeno

someone else’s, belonging to someone else, foreign to, unrelated to, not connected with

a ˈx e n o

adjective · singular Rare #29,503

someone else’s, belonging to someone else Agrees in gender and number with the noun it describes.

SP: No uses mi teléfono; es ajeno.

EN: Don’t use my phone; it belongs to someone else.

foreign to, unrelated to, not connected with Often used with “a” to say that something is outside someone’s experience, interests, or affiliations.

SP: Ese tema me es ajeno.

EN: That subject is foreign to me.

Forms of ajeno

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	—	ajena
Plural	—	ajenas

You have no respect for other people's pain!

— Una mujer fantástica (2017)

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

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

— Кин-дза-дза! (1986)

Someone outside of us is ruining our business.

— M: El maldito (1931)

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

He's going to tear someone else's coat!

— Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1976)

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

— El espejo (1975)

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

— Sed de Sangre (2009)

How can you read someone else's diary?

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)

And the violin belongs to someone else!

— Кин-дза-дза! (1986)

Hating others is foreign to him.

I am not affiliated with any church.