Usage Note
Lejos is the opposite of cerca. It can function as a predicative adverb (está lejos = 'it is far') or modify a clause (lejos de casa). The phrase a lo lejos means 'in the distance.' Lejos de + infinitive is also used idiomatically to mean 'far from doing something' (lejos de mejorar = 'far from improving').
Examples
"El hospital está lejos de aquí."
Natural Translation
The hospital is far from here.
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