No. 6,123 in Catalan
lluny
Far.
In a sentence
L'estació de tren és molt lluny de casa.
The train station is very far from home.
In this sentence, 'lluny' means 'far' and describes the physical distance between two places.
Ens estem allunyant massa de la ruta marcada.
We are straying too far from the marked trail.
Here, 'allunyant' (derived from 'lluny') means to move far away, indicating deviation from a reference point.
La seva interpretació està lluny de ser correcta.
His interpretation is far from being correct.
In this case, 'lluny' metaphorically conveys the idea of being far from correctness or precision.
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