distanciar
Spanish, verb/distanˈθjaɾ/
distanciar is spelled D-I-S-T-A-N-C-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distanciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to separate, distance, space out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner distancia o separación entre seres, elementos o puntos”.
What does distanciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to separate, distance, space out
- 2
to become separated
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner distancia o separación entre seres, elementos o puntos. 2. Hacer débil la relación, cordialidad o afecto entre personas por falta de comunicación, diferencias de opinión, etc.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of distanciar
- distancio first-person present singular
- distancié first-person preterite singular
- distanciado participle past
- distanciando gerund
- distanciada feminine participle past
- distanciados masculine participle past
- distanciadas feminine participle past
- distancias indicative informal present
- distanciás indicative informal present
- distancia indicative present singular
- distanciamos first-person indicative plural
- distanciáis indicative plural present
- distancian indicative plural present
- distanciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- distanciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- distanciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- distanciabais imperfect indicative plural
- distanciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distanciar?
- /distanˈθjaɾ/
- [d̪is.t̪ãn̟ˈθjaɾ]
- /distanˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distanciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distanciar in Spanish?
distanciar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).