From a window you can see the outside.
Exterior is a term from the Latin language that can be used as an adjective or as a noun. The first meaning mentioned by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) refers to what is on the outside .
For example : “If the day is nice, we are going to have the party outside the house,” “I heard on the radio that there is a temperature of two degrees below zero, so I am not going to go outside . ” “I spent the whole week meeting with potential clients and suppliers: I could barely see outside from the hotel window.”
Exterior as appearance or appearance
The idea of exterior can refer to the appearance of an individual or an object . In the case of people, the exterior is associated with their aesthetic appearance or physical appearance , while in things it is linked to the visible or external surface .
A young woman may comment to a friend: “My boyfriend first attracted me on the outside, but finally he conquered me on the inside.” In this way, you are indicating that, although you found your partner attractive because of his figure or features, he ended up seducing her due to his personality or character.
Regarding a car , meanwhile, a man may point out: “The exterior is impeccable, but it has several mechanical problems.” Thus he points out that, although the sheet metal looks very good, the vehicle has problems in its operation and in its components that are not so easy to notice.
The concept at the international level
The notion of exterior is also used with reference to countries other than one's own , as opposed to interior or national. For those who live in Uruguay , to mention one possibility, the exterior is made up of all the other nations (that is, all the nations in the world except Uruguay ).
Starting from this meaning, we find multiple expressions that use this adjective . The foreign policy of a State, in this framework, contemplates the measures and decisions taken by the rulers for the international integration of their country and for the protection of national interests in the global context.
Foreign trade covers the purchase and sale of products and services between different countries.
Foreign debt or foreign debt , meanwhile, is the debt that a country must pay abroad. In general, the phrase refers specifically to the public debt that the State has to pay abroad and in foreign currency, although sometimes private debt is also included.
Foreign trade , also called international trade , refers to the exchange of products and services between different countries. These operations are regulated by different laws and are carried out using currencies such as the dollar or the euro.
Exteriors in film and television
When the term appears in the plural ( exteriors ), it usually refers to the open spaces where film and TV filming takes place . These are outdoor areas, unlike studios .
The sequences that are recorded in these spaces are also named as exteriors: “Today we have to film outdoors,” “Critics applauded the film's exteriors,” “The production asked the municipal government for permission to cut the street and thus film several scenes of the film outdoors .