apartar

to move aside, to set aside

a p a ɾ ˈt a ɾ
a to, at + part to leave, to depart + ar Infinitive
verb Rare #39,434
to move aside, to set aside
SP: ¿Puedes apartar la silla para que pasen?
EN: Can you move the chair aside so they can pass?
Conjugation of apartar
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second apártate apártense
Third aparte —
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third aparta —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third aparta —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third apartó —
apartar

No puedo apartar la mirada del fuego.

I can't take my eyes off the fire.

— La noche americana (1973)

Tom no puede apartar la vista de Mary.

Tom can't take his eyes off Mary.

Tom no pudo apartar la mirada de Mary.

Tom couldn't take his eyes off Mary.

No te podías apartar, no, como si no tuvieras bastantes problemas.

You couldn't step aside, no, as if you didn't have enough problems.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

No lo quiero apartar de sus amigos.

I don't want to separate him from his friends.

— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)

Para apartar pequeños obstáculos de la vía, eso dijo usted.

To remove small obstacles from the road, that's what you said.

— Hasta que llegó su hora (1968)

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