apartarverb
Apartar means to set aside, separate or move away in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as aparta, apartó and apartamos.
- to set aside, separate, move away
Se apartó para que pasara ella.
He stepped aside for her to pass.
María se apartó el pelo de la cara.
María pushed her hair away from her face.
Me aparté a un lado para dejarles pasar.
I stood aside to let them pass.
Tomás no pudo apartar la mirada de María.
Tomás couldn't take his eyes off of María.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| aparta | he, she, it | Present |
| apartó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| apartamos | we | Present or preterite |
| apartando | Gerund | |
| apartan | they | Present |
| apartaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| apartaron | they | Preterite |
| aparten | they | Present subjunctive |
| apartará | he, she, it | Future |
| aparto | I | Present |
| apartara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |