afastar

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afastar

/ɐ.fɐʃ.ˈtaɾ/ Portugal

verb afastando · afastado · afasto · afastas · afasta · afastamos

transitivo:
desviar: Afastou o cabelo dos olhos.
distanciar: Afastámos o pino uns 10 metros
reflexo:
retirar-se, aumentar a distância: Com medo do contágio, afastou-se do doente.
quebrar o contato, distanciar-se, romper ligação: Afastou-se dela.

In English

take away to prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something
fend off to ward off, drive (something) away, defend against

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@misc{afastar_2026,
  title = {afastar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/afastar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}