distanciar

v.

1 to drive apart.

con el tiempo se fueron distanciando they grew o drifted apart as time went on

2 to separate, to alienate.

Su malacrianza distanció a la pareja His rudeness separated the couple.

3 to distance, to place at a distance, to separate, to space out.

Elsa distancia los cuadros Elsa distances=places at a distance the drawings

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distanciar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to distance, separate

► verbo pronominal distanciarse

1 to move away, become separated

2 figurado (no tratarse) to grow apart, drift apart

■ se ha distanciado mucho de los amigos he's grown apart from his friends

3 figurado (desvincularse) to distance oneself, disassociate oneself

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1. VT

1) [+ objetos] to space out, separate

2) [+ amigos, hermanos] to cause a rift between

2.

See:

distanciarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (espaciar) to space ... out

b) <amigos/familiares>

la discusión lo distanció de su familia — the quarrel distanced him from his family

2.

distanciarse v pron

a)

distanciarse de algo: no nos distanciemos del grupo let's not get too far from the rest of the group; se estaban distanciando de la casa they began to get further and further away from the house; debes distanciarte de los problemas — you have to step back from problems

b) (recípr) amigos/familiares to grow o drift apart

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= estrange (from).

Ex. These objects remain useful and functional, though estranged from their usual context.

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* distanciar aun más = widen + the gap between ... and.

* distanciarse = outdistance, distance, take + a step back, step back.

* distanciarse de = drift away from, alienate, break away from, move away from.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (espaciar) to space ... out

b) <amigos/familiares>

la discusión lo distanció de su familia — the quarrel distanced him from his family

2.

distanciarse v pron

a)

distanciarse de algo: no nos distanciemos del grupo let's not get too far from the rest of the group; se estaban distanciando de la casa they began to get further and further away from the house; debes distanciarte de los problemas — you have to step back from problems

b) (recípr) amigos/familiares to grow o drift apart

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= estrange (from).

Ex: These objects remain useful and functional, though estranged from their usual context.

* distanciar aun más = widen + the gap between ... and.

* distanciarse = outdistance, distance, take + a step back, step back.

* distanciarse de = drift away from, alienate, break away from, move away from.

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distanciar [A1 ]

vt

1 (espaciar) to space … out

2 ‹amigos/familiares›

el hijo, en vez de unirlos, los distanció instead of bringing them closer together, the child made them grow further apart

no saber el idioma la distanció de los vecinos not knowing the language created a barrier between her and her neighbors o distanced her from her neighbors

■ distanciarse

v pron

1 distanciarse DE algo/algn:

no nos distanciemos del grupo let's not stray o get too far from the rest of the group

logró distanciarse de quien lo perseguía he managed to put some distance between himself and his pursuer

debes distanciarte de los problemas you have to distance yourself from o step back from o (colloq) get a distance on problems

2 (recípr) «amigos/familiares» to grow o drift apart

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distanciar (conjugate distanciar) verbo transitivo

a) (espaciar) to space … out

b) (en lo afectivo) [amigos/familiares] to make … drift apart;

distanciar a algn de algn to distance sb from sb
distanciarse verbo pronominal

a) (en el espacio) distanciarse de algo to get far from sth

b) (en lo afectivo) (recípr) to grow o drift apart;

(refl) distanciarse de algn to distance oneself from sb
distanciar verbo transitivo to separate
'distanciar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
separar
- alejar
English:
outdistance

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distanciar

♦ vt

1. [afectivamente] to drive apart;

aquello los distanció bastante that drove them apart;

¿qué fue lo que te distanció de tu marido? what was it that estranged you from your husband?

2. [en el espacio o tiempo] to move further apart;

distanciaron las fechas de los partidos the dates of the games were moved further apart

3. [rival] to forge ahead of

♦ See also the pronominal verb distanciarse

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distanciar

v/t space out

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distanciar vt

1) : to space out

2) : to draw apart

♦ See also the reflexive verb distanciarse