apartar

Catalan

Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite apartí, past participle apartat)

1. To separate, put apart

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Ladino

Verb

1. to put aside
2. to separate

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese apartar, from a- + parte + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.paɾ.ˈta(ɾ)/, /a.paɹ.ˈta(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /a.paɾ.ˈta(ɾ)/, /a.paɻ.ˈta(ɻ)/

Verb

1. to separate (to cause to be separate)

   Os objetos foram apartados.

   The objects have been separated.

2. to stop (a fight)

   João apartou a briga das crianças.

   John stopped the children’s fight.

Synonyms

• (to separate): afastar, separar
• (to stop): parar

Antonyms

• (to separate): juntar

Related terms

• apartação
• apartadamente
• apartadiço
• apartado

• apartador
• apartadora
• apartagem
• aparte

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Spanish

Etymology

aparte +‎ -ar

Verb

1. (transitive) to separate, to divide

   Synonyms: separar, dividir, desunir

2. (transitive) to set aside
3. (transitive) to avert (e.g., one's eyes, one's gaze)
4. (law) to desist

Derived terms

• apartadero
• apartadizo
• apartado
• apartamento
• apartamiento
• apartar el grano de la paja
• le dijo la sartén al cazo ¡aparta que me tiznas!

 

Further reading

• “apartar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014