What's the difference between fuera and afuera?

Answer 1

None. They are used interchangeably. 

Answer 2

It is truly not interchangeable, as I saw someone here respond but it is easy to know when to use "afuera" and when to use "fuera".  Both words mean "outside" in English.  You may use "afuera" when you just want to say outside as a standalone statement and without a prepositional phrase to follow.  Example:  Yo estoy afuera pero ella no está afuera.  = I am outside but she is not outside.

 

You may use "fuera" when it is part of a prepositional phrase that starts with fuera, followed by some form of "DE"...., meaning outside of some place/some thing.  Example:  Yo estoy fuera del cine.  Yo no estoy fuera de la tienda. = I am outside of the movies.  I am not outside of the store.

 

 

Hope this helps you!  :-D 

 

Rita C. Silvia

WyzAnt

Answer 3

They both are adverbs of place. They both mean outside.

 

When used with verbs related to movement (like to go)they can be used interchangeable, mainly in Spain.

Examples:

"If you both want to fight, get out", "Si quieren pelear vayan afuera/fuera"

"Marcela is outside". "Marcela está afuera/fuera" 

"Outside the house is too cold" "Fuera/afuera de la casa hace mucho frío".

In Latin América sometimes afuera is more acceptable: "What happens outside is not our policy". "Lo que pasa afuera no nos interesa".

Other uses:

"José was furious"  "José estaba fuera de sí" (Afuera is not accepted).

"Everybody get out!". "¡Fuera todos!"

"She was left out of the loop" "La dejaron fuera de la rueda"

"She acted illegaly".Ella actuó fuera de la ley"

 

Answer 4

Both are adverbs. Afuera means "outside" , like I am going outside. "Fuera" is closer to the word "out" , like out of reach would be "fuera de alcance"

Answer 5

Fuera de means aside from or outside of

Afuera means outside ( a place)

 

Answer 6

"afuera" is outside as in I am outside "estoy afuera" or is the dog outside? "esta el perro afuera?". Fuera is a verb as in getout! or out! "fuera!". Another way to use "fuera" is to express wishfull thinking as in If i was a millionaire "si yo fuera un millonario".

Answer 7

Fuera means "out of" or just "out"

Examples- Get out of here  (fuera de aqui), I'm out of the area (estoy fuera del area)

 

Afuera means "outside". they are not interchangeable

If you say : - "I'm outside the house"  means estoy afuera de la casa 

                 -  "I'm out of the house"  means  estoy fuera de la casa 

interchangeable

Answer 8

Without repeating what others have already said, I will add that I have a friend in Mexico who frequently says, to mean that she feels "left out" of a given group or situation, "Me siento muy fuera" or "Me dejaron fuera". This is a psychological "outside" that has nothing to do with physical location, and in this case "afuera" is not used.

Answer 9

Fuera es una orden:¡Fuera!.

Afuera is estar en la parte exterior: outside.

Answer 10

I would use "fuera" as a command: Fuera de esta casa! (Get of of this house!)

"Afuera" means "outside," as in Vamos afuera. (Let's go outside.)

Answer 11

Afuera means outside Fuera de means being outside of something such as the rocket was outside of the orbit of the moon

Answer 12

Everyone give you examples of when you can use one or the other.  I am having a hard time finding an example when you cannot use both, when only one applies.  Estoy fuera.  I'm out of it.  Estoy afuera,   I am outside.  They means different things, but both are ok.    "Soy de fuera.' is a weird thing to say, but it's ok in rural Mexico.  Most people would say, "Soy de afuera."  I am an outsider.  Outside of what depends on context.  My debt is that you can use either in every case, but that one is preferrable for a given context.  Fact is, Mexicans wouldn't balk if you used either.  Vete fuera . . . go away.  Vete afuera . . . go outside.  I'd use fuera vs afuera as part of a known phrase that everyone uses the same way. . . For example, "Para afuera" and Para fuera" both get reduced to "Pa' fuera."  As in "Vete pa' fuera hijo de . . ."  The abreviation gets rid of several a's. and  you have no idea if they meant afuera (outside) or fuera (away) . ..  point is they just what you outta here.

 

Vamonos afuera.  Let's go outside.  Vamonos fuera.  Let's get far out of here.

Answer 13

Afuera and fuera can be used interchangeably. Generally, afuera  means outside and can be used without a preposition. Fuera however is frequently used with a preposition to indicate outer or outside of a place or realm. Examples:

La tienda está fuera del Pueblo. The store is out of or outside of town. 

El joven juega afuera. The youth plays outside.

Example of how they can be used interchangeably (which can mean get out or get out of here).

Afuera.

Fuera de aquí.

Answer 14

outside(fuera)

Adverb meaning 'on the outside', 'on the outside'.
It can be preceded by the prepositions of, from, to, for, by.

outside(afuera)

Adverb that means "outwardly" and is used in accompanying verbs that express movement: Let's go outside.
It is also used in the sense of 'on the outside':
Preceding from the prepositions towards, for, by, is also preferred outside.
outside

Answer 15

Great question! 

Where I learned Spanish (in Mexico and the US from Mexican-American Spanish speakers) fuera means more of a concept of "out of _____" (location) and afuera means "outside".

For example: Estoy fuera de la escuela y camino al cine. I'm outside of the school and walking to the cinema. 

                    Quiero pasar mi tiempo libre afuera.  I want to spend my free time outside. 

I also would use afuera in terms of a command. "Vete afuera". Go outside. 

 

These can be interchangeable in many cases, and they change with region. As I said, I speak Mexican Spanish. When I hear Spanish from Spain, Argentina or the Caribbean I notice that there are differences. 

 

Hope this helps! 

Answer 16

Basically, fuera is a place (outside) and afuera is more a preposition. Examples: ¿Dónde estará María? Está fuera. (Where could María be? She's outside). Afuera is a preposition that goes with de, as in: Afuera de mi casa hay un jardín hermoso. There's a beautiful garden outside my house. As a previous commenter noted, you can use "fuera" as a command, as in: Get out! But please note it is not, in this case a verb, but a shortening of a sentence: ¡Vete para afuera! As a verb, fuera is the imperfect subjunctive form of the verb to be (ser): Si fuera mi amigo, lo ayudaría. (If he were my friend, I'd help him.) I hope this helps you.

Answer 17

Yes, "afuera" means outside. On the other hand "fuera" can be used as a command to forcefully ask the party to "get out". "Fuera" can also be used as a verb. "Si yo fuera un profesor, te enseñaría" is translated as "If I were your professor, I would teach you".

Answer 18

Fuera is a place while afuera is a direction

Answer 19

In some cases can be used interchangeably 

 

For example "fuera de aqui" can be told to demand a person  to leave (like "get out of here")

"el esta alla afuera" means "he is out there" but can also be told "el esta fuera de aqui"

Answer 20

Hi, Meghan,

 

Afuera is usually used to describe a real space, like a room. For example, you could be outside of your bedroom, or outside as in "outdoors." Fuera, on the other hand, can refer to real or imaginary spaces. For example, if something is "outside the realm of my expertise," I would use fuera.

 

Hope this helps!

Answer 21

Fuera means get out and afuera means outside