separate Significado & definición

Significado de separate en español

• 0 not joined or touching anything else -- separado

  • I try to keep meat separate from other food.

• 1 different -- diferente

  • Use a separate sheet of paper for the next exercise.

• 2 not related -- separado

  • I try to keep my work and my private life separate.

• 3 to divide into parts, or to make something divide into parts -- separar(se)

  • I separated the class into three groups.

• 4 to move apart, or to make people move apart -- separar(se)

  • I’ll separate you two if you don’t stop talking!

• 5 to start to live in a different place from your husband or wife because the relationship has ended -- separarse

  • My parents separated when I was four.

• 6 not joined -- separado/da [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • The middle school and high school are in separate buildings. Primaria y secundaria están en edificios separados.

• 7 different, not connected or related -- distinto/ta [ masculine-feminine, singular ]

  • a separate species una especie distinta

  • Three men were wounded in two separate shootings. Tres hombres resultaron heridos en dos tiroteos separados.

• 8 to move two things or people away from each other -- separar

  • Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Separar las yemas de las claras.

  • Their teacher has separated them in class. Su profesor les ha separado en clase.

  • two sections of bone that had separated dos secciones de hueso que se habían separado

• 9 (of a married couple or partners) to decide not to live together any more -- separarse

  • His parents separated when he was very young. Sus padres se separaron cuando él era muy joven.