Espartar (en. To esparto)

/espar'tar/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To separate or distance.

The goal was to separate the enemies from the town.

El objetivo era espartar los enemigos del pueblo.

To evict from a place.

They had to evict the occupants of the house.

Tuvieron que espartar a los ocupantes de la casa.

To divide into different groups.

They have separated the merchandise for distribution.

Han espartado la mercancía para su distribución.

From Latin 'sparsare', which means to scatter.

to clear the waters

To separate or clarify a confusing situation.

espartar las aguas

to clear the path

To clear the path of obstacles.

espartar el camino

to clear in a figurative sense

To distance someone emotionally or physically.

espartar en un sentido figurado

scattering

The action of spreading or dispersing.

esparcimiento

to rejoin

To bring together again or unite what had been separated.

desparsar

To distance oneself from problems.

I decided to distance myself from those bad influences.

Decidí espartar de esas malas compañías.

To detach from something bothersome.

I need to get rid of everything that no longer serves me.

Necesito espartar todo aquello que ya no me sirve.