divorce

divorcio

Finalización legal de un matrimonio.

En inglés sencillo: The legal ending of a marriage.

• They got a divorce.
• She asked a lawyer about filing for divorce.
• Their divorce was difficult for the children.

Cómo se usa: a divorce from someone (She wanted a divorce from her husband.)

Sinónimos: dissolution of marriage

Expresiones frecuentes: get a divorce, file for divorce, divorce settlement

separación, divorcio

Separación entre cosas que estaban conectadas o que deberían estar unidas.

En inglés sencillo: A separation between things that were connected or should belong together.

• There is a divorce between theory and practice.
• He criticised the divorce of politics from everyday life.
• This divorce between art and society troubles her.

Cómo se usa: a divorce between A and B (There is a divorce between their promises and their actions.); a divorce of A from B (She regretted the divorce of learning from play.)

Sinónimos: separation, division

Antónimos: union

Expresiones frecuentes: divorce between things, divorce from something

divorciarse de

Poner fin legalmente a tu matrimonio con tu esposo o esposa.

En inglés sencillo: To legally end your marriage to your husband or wife.

• She divorced her husband.
• He wants to divorce his wife.
• Would you divorce someone who lied to you?

Cómo se usa: divorce someone (He divorced his wife last year.)

Expresiones frecuentes: divorce someone, divorce her husband, divorce his wife

divorciarse

Terminar tu matrimonio mediante un procedimiento legal.

En inglés sencillo: To end your marriage through a legal process.

• They divorced last year.
• My parents decided to divorce.
• After twenty years together, the couple divorced amicably.

Sinónimos: get divorced

Antónimos: marry

Expresiones frecuentes: decide to divorce, divorce amicably

separar, desvincular

Separar cosas que están relacionadas o unidas.

En inglés sencillo: To separate things that are connected.

• You cannot divorce art from life.
• The report divorced these events from their historical context.
• She tried to divorce herself from party politics.

Cómo se usa: divorce A from B (We cannot divorce this problem from the wider situation.); divorce oneself from something (He divorced himself from the organisation.)

Sinónimos: separate, detach

Antónimos: connect, unite

Expresiones frecuentes: divorce from something, divorce the two

divorciar

Poner fin legalmente al matrimonio de dos personas.

En inglés sencillo: To legally end the marriage of two people.

• The court can divorce the couple.
• The judge divorced them after reviewing the papers.
• Only a court has the authority to divorce them here.

Sinónimos: dissolve a marriage

Expresiones frecuentes: divorce a couple, power to divorce