apart

por separado, separadamente

Sin estar juntos ni hacer algo en conjunto.

En inglés sencillo: Separately from each other, rather than together.

• They live apart now.
• Keep the two groups apart.
• The twins had never spent a night apart.

Sinónimos: separately

Antónimos: together

Expresiones frecuentes: live apart, keep something apart, consider something apart

en pedazos, en piezas

De modo que algo queda dividido en partes separadas.

En inglés sencillo: Into separate pieces or parts.

• The old chair fell apart.
• He took the clock apart to repair it.
• Can you pull these two pieces apart?

Sinónimos: to pieces

Expresiones frecuentes: take something apart, fall apart, pull something apart

distinto, excepcional

Claramente diferente de los demás, a menudo por cualidades poco comunes.

En inglés sencillo: Clearly different from other people or things, often because of unusual qualities.

• She is a musician apart.
• Their skill makes them a class apart.
• These artists are a breed apart.

Sinónimos: distinct, exceptional, different

Antónimos: ordinary

Expresiones frecuentes: a class apart, a breed apart, a world apart

separados, a distancia

Con espacio entre dos o más personas o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: With space between two or more people or things.

• Stand a little apart.
• The chairs are two metres apart.
• The islands drifted farther apart over millions of years.

Cómo se usa: distance + apart (The two houses are fifty metres apart.); apart from someone/something (She stood apart from the crowd.)

Sinónimos: away from

Expresiones frecuentes: far apart, metres apart, apart from someone

aparte, dejando de lado

Sin tener algo en cuenta al pensar o hablar sobre una situación.

En inglés sencillo: Leaving something out when thinking about or discussing a situation.

• Joking apart, we need help.
• Price apart, both cars suit us.
• Their differences apart, they work well together.

Cómo se usa: something + apart (The cost apart, the plan looks sensible.)

Sinónimos: aside

Expresiones frecuentes: joking apart, something apart, cost apart