separar de

v.

1 to separate from, to distance from, to part from, to alienate from.

Separó a los chicos de las chicas He separated the boys from the girls.

2 to separate from.

3 to separate from, to sort from, to sort out from.

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(v.) = wean from, isolate from, divide from, wean away from

Ex. In their early colonial form schools often aimed to isolate youth from the community, to wean children from their culture.

Ex. In their early colonial form schools often aimed to isolate youth from the community, to wean children from their culture.

Ex. Such schemes are essentially analytical in nature, but do not permit any synthesis or joining together of concepts that have been divided from one another.

Ex. Fortunately, banks have successfully weaned people away from pawnshops and moneylenders.

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(v.) = wean from, isolate from, divide from, wean away from

Ex: In their early colonial form schools often aimed to isolate youth from the community, to wean children from their culture.

Ex: In their early colonial form schools often aimed to isolate youth from the community, to wean children from their culture.

Ex: Such schemes are essentially analytical in nature, but do not permit any synthesis or joining together of concepts that have been divided from one another.

Ex: Fortunately, banks have successfully weaned people away from pawnshops and moneylenders.