split up

separarse, romper

Dejar de estar juntos como pareja o grupo, o ir en distintas direcciones.

En inglés sencillo: To stop being together as a couple or group, or go in different directions.

• They split up last year.
• The band split up after its final tour.
• Let us split up and search different streets.

Cómo se usa: split up with someone (She split up with her boyfriend last month.)

Sinónimos: separate, break up, part

Antónimos: unite, reconcile

Expresiones frecuentes: split up with someone, split up temporarily

dividir, separar

Separar personas o cosas en partes o grupos.

En inglés sencillo: To divide people or things into separate parts or groups.

• Please split up the group.
• The teacher split the children up into teams.
• They are splitting up the company into smaller businesses.

Cómo se usa: split someone/something up into something (The teacher split the class up into pairs.); split someone/something up (We had to split the two boys up.)

Sinónimos: divide, separate

Antónimos: combine, unite

Expresiones frecuentes: split up something, split someone up

separado, dividido

Dividido en partes o grupos, o que ya no está junto.

En inglés sencillo: In separate parts or groups, or no longer together.

• They are already split up.
• The class is split up into small groups.
• Our family was split up across several towns.

Cómo se usa: be split up into something (The children are split up into three groups.)

Sinónimos: separated, divided, apart

Antónimos: together, united

Expresiones frecuentes: be split up, already split up