No. 8,475 in Catalan
distanciar
To distance or to separate.
In a sentence
La tempesta va distanciar les naus del seu rumb original.
The storm distanced the ships from their original course.
In this sentence, 'distanciar' is used in a literal sense, indicating the action of creating physical distance or separation between objects.
Les diferències d'opinió han distanciat els membres del grup.
The differences in opinion have distanced the members of the group.
Here 'distanciar' is metaphorically used to describe an emotional or relational separation among individuals.
Es va distanciar de les seves accions passades per començar una nova etapa.
He distanced himself from his past actions to start a new phase.
In this example, 'distanciar' reflects the act of deliberately creating either physical or figurative distance from one's own behaviors, representing a form of change or detachment.
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