separar
Spanish, verb/sepaˈɾaɾ/
separar is spelled S-E-P-A-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,995th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Separar is a Spanish verb meaning “to separate, to detach (to disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner distancia, o incrementarla, entre dos o más cosas o entidades”.
What does separar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to separate, to detach (to disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect)
Separó los huevos en diferentes tamaños.
- 2
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.
- 3
to break up, to split up, to separate (e.g. a relationship, a band, a fight)
- 4
to split off, to split up, to split apart, to separate
- 5
to part, to detach
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- 6
to detach (oneself)
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 incrementarla, entre dos o más cosas o entidades. 2. Colocar una barrera o separación entre dos o más objetos o seres. 3. Considerar partes de algo de forma individual. 4. Remover algo o a alguien de su posición o situación.
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 separar
- separo first-person present singular
- separé first-person preterite singular
- separado participle past
- separando gerund
- separada feminine participle past
- separados masculine participle past
- separadas feminine participle past
- separas indicative informal present
- separás indicative informal present
- separa indicative present singular
- separamos first-person indicative plural
- separáis indicative plural present
- separan indicative plural present
- separaba first-person imperfect indicative
- separabas imperfect indicative second-person
- separábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- separabais imperfect indicative plural
- separaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce separar?
- /sepaˈɾaɾ/
- [se.paˈɾaɾ]
- [sepaˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to separar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is separar in Spanish?
separar appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).