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separa
to separate /sepaˈra/
verb#3906 most common
Also: to divide, to split up, to part
Example sentences
Copiii separă gunoiul reciclabil.
The children separate the recyclable trash.
Trebuie să separăm hainele albe de cele colorate.
We need to separate the white clothes from the colored ones.
Ea va separa documentele importante de cele inutile.
She will separate the important documents from the useless ones.
Ai putea separa cutiile astea pe culori, te rog?
Could you separate these boxes by color, please?
A separa emoțiile de decizii este uneori dificil în afaceri.
Separating emotions from decisions is sometimes difficult in business.
Legea prevede că autoritățile trebuie să separe fondurile publice de cele private pentru a preveni conflictele de interese.
The law states that authorities must separate public funds from private ones to prevent conflicts of interest.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | separ | separai | voi separa |
| 2sg | separi | separași | vei separa |
| 3sg | separă | separă | va separa |
| 1pl | separăm | separarăm | vom separa |
| 2pl | separați | separarăți | veți separa |
| 3pl | separă | separară | vor separa |
Word family
separatseparated, separate
separareseparation
separatorseparator (device)
separatistseparatist
inseparabilinseparable
Etymology
Separa comes from Latin separare, built from se- (apart, aside) and parare (to prepare, arrange, get ready). Romanian kept the verb almost unchanged from spoken Latin, the way it kept most of its core vocabulary. The same root parare also produced Romanian prepara and compara, and it entered English through Latin and French as prepare, compare, and separate itself.
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