apartar

Asturian

Verb

apartar

1. to separate
2. to keep away

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pərˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.paɾˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite apartí, past participle apartat)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to separate, put apart

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apartar (first conjugation)

infinitive			apartar
gerund			apartant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apartat		apartada
		plural		apartats		apartades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aparto	apartes	aparta	apartem	aparteu	aparten
	imperfect	apartava	apartaves	apartava	apartàvem	apartàveu	apartaven
	future	apartaré	apartaràs	apartarà	apartarem	apartareu	apartaran
	preterite	apartí	apartares	apartà	apartàrem	apartàreu	apartaren
	conditional	apartaria	apartaries	apartaria	apartaríem	apartaríeu	apartarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aparti	apartis	aparti	apartem	aparteu	apartin
	imperfect	apartés	apartessis	apartés	apartéssim	apartéssiu	apartessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aparta	aparti	apartem	aparteu	apartin
	negative (no)	—	no apartis	no aparti	no apartem	no aparteu	no apartin

Derived terms

• apartament

Related terms

• apart

Further reading

• “apartar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “apartar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “apartar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “apartar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apartar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ parte +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [apaɾˈtaɾ]

Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite apartei, past participle apartado)

1. to separate
   • 1487, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, pge 235:

     en querendo cunplir e aguardar la ley quel Rey e Reyna nros señores avían feito, en que se contyña que suas Alteças mandauan apartar e faser apartamento en todos seus regnos a los judíos pera que morasen apartados de los cristiaos, que logo fosen apartar aos judios que en esta çibdad ao presente morauan e que lles desen lugar e apartamento e morada ena Rúa Nova da dita çibdad, junto da porta da vyla, de hua parte e da outra

     while wanting to obey and keep the law that the King and Queen our lords had made, in which is contained that their highness ordered to separate and to make separation, in all of their kingdoms, of the Jews so that they live separated from the Christians; that then they proceeded to separate the Jews that dwell in this city at the moment, and that they shall give them place and separation and dwelling at the New Street of this city, by the Town's Gate, in both sides

   Synonym: arredar

2. to put aside
3. to divert; to avert
4. (pronominal) to get away

   Synonyms: afastar, arredar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apartar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	apartar
Personal	apartar	apartares	apartar	apartarmos	apartardes	apartaren
Gerund
	apartando
Past participle
Masculine	apartado			apartados
Feminine	apartada			apartadas
Indicative
Present	aparto	apartas	aparta	apartamos	apartades	apartan
Imperfect	apartaba	apartabas	apartaba	apartabamos	apartabades	apartaban
Preterite	apartei	apartaches	apartou	apartamos	apartastes	apartaron
Pluperfect	apartara	apartaras	apartara	apartaramos	apartarades	apartaran
Future	apartarei	apartarás	apartará	apartaremos	apartaredes	apartarán
Conditional	apartaría	apartarías	apartaría	apartariamos	apartariades	apartarían
Subjunctive
Present	aparte	apartes	aparte	apartemos	apartedes	aparten
Imperfect	apartase	apartases	apartase	apartásemos	apartásedes	apartasen
Future	apartar	apartares	apartar	apartarmos	apartardes	apartaren
Imperative
Affirmative		aparta	aparte	apartemos	apartade	aparten
Negative (non)		non apartes	non aparte	non apartemos	non apartedes	non aparten

    Reintegrated conjugation of apartar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	apartar
Personal	apartar	apartares	apartar	apartarmos	apartardes	apartarem
Gerund
	apartando
Past participle
Masculine	apartado			apartados
Feminine	apartada			apartadas
Indicative
Present	aparto	apartas	aparta	apartamos	apartades, apartais	apartam
Imperfect	apartava	apartavas	apartava	apartávamos	apartávades, apartáveis, apartávais1	apartavam
Preterite	apartei	apartaste, apartache1	apartou	apartamos	apartastes	apartárom, apartaram
Pluperfect	apartara	apartaras	apartara	apartáramos	apartárades, apartáreis, apartárais1	apartaram
Future	apartarei	apartarás	apartará	apartaremos	apartaredes, apartareis	apartarám, apartarão
Conditional	apartaria	apartarias	apartaria	apartaríamos	apartaríades, apartaríeis, apartaríais1	apartariam
Subjunctive
Present	aparte	apartes	aparte	apartemos	apartedes, aparteis	apartem
Imperfect	apartasse	apartasses	apartasse	apartássemos	apartássedes, apartásseis	apartassem
Future	apartar	apartares	apartar	apartarmos	apartardes	apartarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aparta	aparte	apartemos	apartade, apartai	apartem
Negative (nom)		nom apartes	nom aparte	nom apartemos	nom apartedes, nom aparteis	nom apartem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “apartar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “apart”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apartar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apartar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “apartar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apartar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Verb

apartar

1. to put aside
2. to separate

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese apartar, from a- + parte + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.paʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pahˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.paʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pahˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.paɾˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.paʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.paχˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.paɻˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐɾˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐɾˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐɾˈta.ɾi/

Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite apartei, past participle apartado)

1. to separate (to cause to be separate)

   Synonyms: afastar, separar

   Antonym: juntar

   Os objetos foram apartados.

   The objects have been separated.

2. to stop (a fight)

   Synonym: parar

   João apartou a briga das crianças.

   John stopped the children’s fight.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apartar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	apartar
Personal	apartar	apartares	apartar	apartarmos	apartardes	apartarem
Gerund
	apartando
Past participle
Masculine	apartado			apartados
Feminine	apartada			apartadas
Indicative
Present	aparto	apartas	aparta	apartamos	apartais	apartam
Imperfect	apartava	apartavas	apartava	apartávamos	apartáveis	apartavam
Preterite	apartei	apartaste	apartou	apartamos1, apartámos2	apartastes	apartaram
Pluperfect	apartara	apartaras	apartara	apartáramos	apartáreis	apartaram
Future	apartarei	apartarás	apartará	apartaremos	apartareis	apartarão
Conditional	apartaria	apartarias	apartaria	apartaríamos	apartaríeis	apartariam
Subjunctive
Present	aparte	apartes	aparte	apartemos	aparteis	apartem
Imperfect	apartasse	apartasses	apartasse	apartássemos	apartásseis	apartassem
Future	apartar	apartares	apartar	apartarmos	apartardes	apartarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aparta	aparte	apartemos	apartai	apartem
Negative (não)		não apartes	não aparte	não apartemos	não aparteis	não apartem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• apartação
• apartadamente
• apartadiço
• apartado
• apartador
• apartadora
• apartagem
• aparte

Spanish

Etymology

From aparte +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaɾˈtaɾ/ [a.paɾˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧par‧tar

Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite aparté, past participle apartado)

1. (transitive) to separate, to divide

   Synonyms: separar, dividir, desunir

2. (transitive) to set aside
3. (transitive) to avert (e.g., one's eyes, one's gaze)
4. (law) to desist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apartar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			apartar
gerund			apartando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apartado		apartada
		plural		apartados		apartadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aparto	apartastú apartásvos	aparta	apartamos	apartáis	apartan
	imperfect	apartaba	apartabas	apartaba	apartábamos	apartabais	apartaban
	preterite	aparté	apartaste	apartó	apartamos	apartasteis	apartaron
	future	apartaré	apartarás	apartará	apartaremos	apartaréis	apartarán
	conditional	apartaría	apartarías	apartaría	apartaríamos	apartaríais	apartarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aparte	apartestú apartésvos2	aparte	apartemos	apartéis	aparten
	imperfect (ra)	apartara	apartaras	apartara	apartáramos	apartarais	apartaran
	imperfect (se)	apartase	apartases	apartase	apartásemos	apartaseis	apartasen
	future1	apartare	apartares	apartare	apartáremos	apartareis	apartaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apartatú apartávos	aparte	apartemos	apartad	aparten
	negative		no apartes	no aparte	no apartemos	no apartéis	no aparten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of apartar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive apartar	dative	apartarme	apartarte	apartarle, apartarse	apartarnos	apartaros	apartarles, apartarse
	accusative	apartarme	apartarte	apartarlo, apartarla, apartarse	apartarnos	apartaros	apartarlos, apartarlas, apartarse
with gerund apartando	dative	apartándome	apartándote	apartándole, apartándose	apartándonos	apartándoos	apartándoles, apartándose
	accusative	apartándome	apartándote	apartándolo, apartándola, apartándose	apartándonos	apartándoos	apartándolos, apartándolas, apartándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aparta	dative	apártame	apártate	apártale	apártanos	not used	apártales
	accusative	apártame	apártate	apártalo, apártala	apártanos	not used	apártalos, apártalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative apartá	dative	apartame	apartate	apartale	apartanos	not used	apartales
	accusative	apartame	apartate	apartalo, apartala	apartanos	not used	apartalos, apartalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aparte	dative	apárteme	not used	apártele, apártese	apártenos	not used	apárteles
	accusative	apárteme	not used	apártelo, apártela, apártese	apártenos	not used	apártelos, apártelas
with first-person plural imperative apartemos	dative	not used	apartémoste	apartémosle	apartémonos	apartémoos	apartémosles
	accusative	not used	apartémoste	apartémoslo, apartémosla	apartémonos	apartémoos	apartémoslos, apartémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative apartad	dative	apartadme	not used	apartadle	apartadnos	apartaos	apartadles
	accusative	apartadme	not used	apartadlo, apartadla	apartadnos	apartaos	apartadlos, apartadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aparten	dative	apártenme	not used	apártenle	apártennos	not used	apártenles, apártense
	accusative	apártenme	not used	apártenlo, apártenla	apártennos	not used	apártenlos, apártenlas, apártense

Derived terms

• apartadero
• apartadizo
• apartado
• apartamento
• apartamiento
• apartar el grano de la paja
• le dijo la sartén al cazo ¡aparta que me tiznas!

Further reading

• “apartar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024