away

lejos

Alejándose del lugar donde uno se encuentra.

En inglés sencillo: Moving from the place where you are.

• Please go away.
• The dog ran away yesterday.
• We drove away before sunrise.

Sinónimos: off

Expresiones frecuentes: go away, run away, drive away

hacia otro lado

Hacia otro lado, al mirar, girarse o moverse.

En inglés sencillo: In a direction that faces or leads somewhere else.

• She looked away.
• He turned away when I approached.
• Please face away from the camera.

Cómo se usa: away from someone/something (He turned away from the bright light.)

Sinónimos: aside

Expresiones frecuentes: look away, turn away, face away

ausente, fuera

Que no está aquí porque está de viaje o en otro lugar.

En inglés sencillo: If someone is not here, they may be traveling or staying somewhere else.

• Dad is away today.
• We were away all weekend.
• Will you be away next week?

Cómo se usa: be away from somewhere (My sister is away from home this week.); be away on something (The manager is away on business.)

Sinónimos: absent, gone

Antónimos: present

Expresiones frecuentes: be away, away from home, away on holiday

a distancia, lejos

A cierta distancia de un lugar, un momento o una situación.

En inglés sencillo: At a certain distance from a place, time, or situation.

• The shop is five minutes away.
• Her birthday is only a week away.
• Success felt a long way away.

Cómo se usa: a distance away from something (The hotel is two miles away from the beach.)

Sinónimos: distant

Antónimos: near

Expresiones frecuentes: miles away, minutes away, far away

partir, marcharse

Dejar un lugar e irse a otro.

En inglés sencillo: To leave and go somewhere else.

• We must away before dawn.
• The travelers awayed to the village.
• Come, let us away to bed.

Cómo se usa: away to somewhere (We must away to the castle before sunset.)

Sinónimos: leave, depart

Antónimos: arrive

Expresiones frecuentes: away to bed, away at dawn