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.

Interjection

afuera

1. (politics, chiefly used by libertarians) used aggressively towards leftist and statist views as a form of get out!
   • 2024 April 15, @Zanitus, Twitter‎^[1]:

     South Africa needs a milei!
     Socialist ANC? Afuera!
     Communist EFF? AFUERA!
     LONG LIVE FUCKING FREEDOM!

   • 2023 December 11, @LPNational, Twitter‎^[2]:

     Javier Milei has been officially inaugurated as president of Argentina.
     Our plan is to apply his plan for Argentina in this video to US agencies.
     IRS, Fed, NSA, DHS, FBI, CIA, DOE, CDC, FDA, FEC...AFUERA!

Ladino

Alternative forms

• (Haketia) afera, ahuera

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish afuera (“out”).

Adverb

afuera (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אפ׳ואירה)

1. out (outside)

   Synonym: fuera

   Antonym: ariento

2. abroad (overseas)

Old Spanish

Etymology

a- +‎ fuera

Adverb

afuera

1. out (outside)

   Antonym: adentro

Descendants

• Ladino: afera, afuera, ahuera, אפ׳ואירה
• Spanish: afuera
  • English: afuera

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”). Compare Aragonese afora, Extremaduran afuera, ahuera, Portuguese afora, Romanian afară.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfweɾa/ [aˈfwe.ɾa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: a‧fue‧ra

Adverb

afuera

1. out, outside

   Antonym: adentro

   ¡Vamos afuera! ― Let's go out!

2. peripheral

Derived terms

• afuerino
• de puertas para afuera, de puertas afuera

Related terms

• afueras

 

Interjection

afuera

1. get out!

Verb

afuera

1. inflection of aforar (“to grant (a privilege or immunity)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “afuera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10