# separar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin separāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [sə.pəˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [se.paˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

separar (first-person singular present separo, first-person singular preterite separí, past participle separat)
* to separate

#### Related terms

* separable
* separació
* separatisme
* separatista

### Further reading

* “separar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “separar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “separar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “separar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin separāre. Doublet of xebrar.

### Verb

separar (first-person singular present separo, first-person singular preterite separei, past participle separado)
* (transitive) to separate (to disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect)
    Synonym: apartar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* separación

### Further reading

* “separar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “separar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English separate, French séparer, German separieren, Italian separare, Spanish separar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /se.paˈrar/

### Verb

separar (present tense separas, past tense separis, future tense separos, imperative separez, conditional separus)
* (transitive) to separate

#### Conjugation
## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

separar
* to separate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | separar | separar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | separante | separate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | separa | ha separate |
| active | past | separava | habeva separate |
| active | future | separara | habera separate |
| active | conditional | separarea | haberea separate |
| active | imperative | separa | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es separate | ha essite separate |
| passive | past | esseva separate | habeva essite separate |
| passive | future | essera separate | habera essite separate |
| passive | conditional | esserea separate | haberea essite separate |
| passive | imperative | sia separate | |

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

separar
* to separate

#### Derived terms

* separable
* separacion
* separatisme
* separatista
* separator

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 635.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin separāre. Cf. the inherited dialectal/archaic xebrar, still used in Galicia.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /se.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [se.paˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /se.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [se.paˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /se.paˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /se.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [se.paˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /se.paˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.pɐˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.pɐˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨ.pɐˈɾa.ɾi/
* (Portugal, natural speech) IPA: [spɐˈɾaɾ]
* Hyphenation: se‧pa‧rar

### Verb

separar (first-person singular present separo, first-person singular preterite separei, past participle separado)
* (transitive) to separate
** 2011, Edelvino Razzolini Filho, Administração da Pequena e Média Empresa, IESDE Brasil S.A., →ISBN, page 44:Convém, aqui, lembrar o ditado popular: amigos, amigos; negócios à parte. Caso o empreendedor saiba separar a amizade dos negócios, certamente estará em melhores condições para o sucesso.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive, intransitive or pronominal) to divorce (to dissolve a marriage) [with de ‘of someone’]
    Synonym: divorciar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* separação

### Further reading

* “separar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “separar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “separar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “separar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “separar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “separar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin separāre. Cf. the inherited Old Spanish xebrar, exebrar, dessebrar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sepaˈɾaɾ/ [se.paˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: se‧pa‧rar

### Verb

separar (first-person singular present separo, first-person singular preterite separé, past participle separado)
* (transitive) to separate, to detach (to disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect)
    Synonym: apartar
    Separó los huevos en diferentes tamaños.He separated the eggs into different sizes.
* (transitive) to break up, to split up (a couple or group that the subject of the sentence is not a part of)
    Cariño, ¡despierta! Tu madre siempre ha estado tratando de separarnos.Babe, wake up! Your mother has always been trying to break us up.
* (reflexive) to break up, to split up, to separate (e.g. a relationship, a band, a fight)
* (pronominal) to split off, to split up, to split apart, to separate
* (pronominal) to part, to detach
    separarse de ― to detach from
* (reflexive) to detach (oneself)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* separarse

#### Related terms

* separable
* separación
* separadamente
* separado
* separador
* separatismo
* separatista
* separativo

### Further reading

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