| Principal Translations |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:
| apartarse⇒ v prnl | (separarse, desunirse) | go different ways v expr |
| | | become separated vi + adj |
| | | separate⇒, diverge⇒ vtr |
| | (two people) | grow apart vi + adj |
| | Diego y Germán eran buenos amigos, pero sus caminos se apartaron. |
| | Diego and Germán used to be good friends but their paths went different ways. |
| apartarse de algo v prnl + prep | (separarse de algo) | move away from [sth] v expr |
| | | part from [sth], separate from [sth] v expr |
| | | become separated from [sth] v expr |
| | El guardia se apartó de la puerta y nos dejó entrar. |
| | Por más que lo intentaban, el pobre perro no quería apartarse de su dueño. |
| | The guard moved away from the door and let us in. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Even after thirty years of marriage, she couldn't bear the thought of parting from her husband even for a day. |
| apartarse de algo v prnl | (renunciar a algo) | give up [sth] vtr phrasal sep |
| | (habit, colloquial) | kick⇒, quit⇒ vtr |
| | Mi hermano y su mujer lograron que su hijo se apartara de su vicio por el alcohol. |
| | My brother and his wife managed to get their son to give up his drinking habit. |
| apartar⇒ vtr | (mover a un lado) | move⇒ vtr |
| | | move away vtr + adv |
| | | push aside vtr + adv |
| | (person) | move out the way v expr |
| | Apartó la silla para que pasase su abuelo. |
| | He moved the chair so that his grandfather could get by. |
| apartar vtr | (separar, dividir) | separate⇒ vtr |
| | Aparten los envases de vidrio de los envases de plástico. |
| | Separate the glass bottles from the plastic bottles. |
| apartar vtr | (marginar, excluir) | keep away from, keep out of vtr phrasal sep |
| | | cut off vtr phrasal sep |
| | | remove⇒, exclude⇒ vtr |
| | Los chicos más populares apartaban a Matías del grupo. |
| | The most popular boys kept Matthew away from the group. |
| apartar vtr | (alejar, despegar) | keep away vtr + prep |
| | | separate⇒ vtr |
| | Aparté a mi hermano menor de las malas compañías. |
| | I kept my younger brother away from bad influences. |
| apartar vtr | AmL (guardar, reservar) (store, US) | put on layaway v expr |
| | | lay away vtr phrasal sep |
| | (general) | set aside, put aside vtr + adv |
| | Aparté un vestido de noche en esta boutique. |
| | I put an evening gown on layaway in that boutique. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. I laid away an evening gown in that boutique. |
| apartar vtr | (echar, expulsar) | dismiss⇒ vtr |
| | Apartaron a la vendedora que no hacía bien su trabajo. |
| | The saleswoman, who was not doing her job properly, was dismissed. |