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distanciar

to distance

verb dees-tahn-SYAHR Rare

Also means

to drift apart

Usage Note

Distanciar is often used reflexively as distanciarse (to grow distant, to drift apart from someone). The transitive form — distanciar a dos personas — means to create distance between people. It can be physical or emotional; context disambiguates.

Examples

"Los problemas los empezaron a distanciar."

Natural Translation

The problems began to distance them.

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