What does apartar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word apartar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use apartar in Spanish.

The word apartar in Spanish means move, separate, remove, exclude, keep away, put on layaway, go different ways, move away from, give up, set aside, put aside, remove from power, keep from evil, protect from evil, turn your face away. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word apartar

move

verbo transitivo (mover a un lado)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Apartó la silla para que pasase su abuelo.
He moved the chair so that his grandfather could get by.

separate

verbo transitivo (separar, dividir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Aparten los envases de vidrio de los envases de plástico.
Separate the glass bottles from the plastic bottles.

remove, exclude

verbo transitivo (marginar, excluir)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Los chicos más populares apartaban a Matías del grupo.
The most popular boys removed (or: excluded) Matthew from the group.

keep away

verbo transitivo (alejar, despegar)

Aparté a mi hermano menor de las malas compañías.
I kept my younger brother away from bad influences.

put on layaway

verbo transitivo (AmL (guardar, reservar) (store, US)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Aparté un vestido de noche en esta boutique.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. I laid away an evening gown in that boutique.

go different ways

verbo pronominal (separarse, desunirse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
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.

move away from

(separarse de algo)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
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.
ⓘ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.

give up

verbo pronominal (renunciar a algo)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
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.

set aside, put aside

locución verbal (dejar paso, apartarse) (objects)

remove from power

locución verbal (destituir)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Los militares apartaron del poder al presidente electo.
The military removed the elected president from power.

keep from evil, protect from evil

locución verbal (librar de peligros)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Necesitamos apartar el mal de nuestra comunidad.
We need to protect our community from evil.

turn your face away

locución verbal (esquivar un beso)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Quise darle un beso pero él apartó la cara.
I wanted to give him a kiss but he turned his face away.

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