apartar

to move aside, separate, set aside

a p a ɾ ˈt a ɾ
a make or become + part to leave, to depart + ar Infinitive
verb Rare #42,066
to move aside, separate, set aside
SP: Voy a apartar la silla de la puerta.
EN: I'm going to move the chair away from the door.
Conjugation of apartar
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second apártate apártense
Third aparte —
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — apartamos
Third aparta —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — apartamos
Third aparta —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — apartamos
Third apartó —
apartar

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)

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

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

— Érase una vez en el Oeste (1968)

¿A apartar a los intermediarios?

To cut out the middlemen?

— Gángster Americano (2007)

No lo quiero apartar de sus amigos.

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

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Mi maniobra de apartar el cuchillo con el brazo izquierdo no funcionó muy bien.

My attempt to knock the knife away with my left arm didn’t work very well.

No puedo apartar la mirada del fuego.

I can't take my eyes off the fire.

— La Nuit américaine (1973)

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