No. 9,426 in Spanish

alejó

"Moved away" or "distanced."

In a sentence

Ella se alejó de la multitud para estar más tranquila.
She moved away from the crowd to find peace.
In this sentence, 'alejó' is used in the sense of physically distancing oneself from a location or group.
Él alejó los malos pensamientos para concentrarse mejor.
He moved away negative thoughts to focus better.
Here, 'alejó' refers to metaphorically distancing abstract elements or ideas, such as thoughts.
El capitán alejó el barco del puerto.
The captain moved the ship away from the harbor.
The verb 'alejó' is employed to describe the act of physically moving an object, in this case, controlling the ship's position.

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