separar
Portuguese, verb/se.paˈɾa(ʁ)/
separar is spelled S-E-P-A-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,986th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Separar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to separate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desunir o que estava ligado; estabelecer uma distância (ou aumentá-la) entre duas coisas ou grupos de coisas”.
What does separar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to separate
- 2
to divorce (to dissolve a marriage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desunir o que estava ligado; estabelecer uma distância (ou aumentá-la) entre duas coisas ou grupos de coisas 2. formar grupos homogêneos de coisas que estavam misturadas 3. forçar pessoas ou animais que estão a brigar a distanciarem-se uns dos outros 4. tomar caminhos distintos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of separar
- separo first-person present singular
- separei first-person preterite singular
- separado participle past
- separares infinitive second-person singular
- separarmos first-person infinitive plural
- separardes infinitive plural second-person
- separarem infinitive plural third-person
- separando gerund
- separados masculine participle past
- separada feminine participle past
- separadas feminine participle past
- separas indicative present second-person
- separa indicative present singular
- separamos first-person indicative plural
- separais indicative plural present
- separam indicative plural present
- separava first-person imperfect indicative
- separavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce separar?
- Brazil /se.paˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [se.paˈɾa(h)]
- /se.paˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
separar appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).