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divorciar

to divorce; to get divorced

verb dee-bohr-SYAHR Rare

Origin: From Latin divortium, 'separation'.

Usage Note

Divorciar is almost always used reflexively: divorciarse de alguien means 'to divorce someone'. The non-reflexive transitive (un juez los divorció) is much rarer. The noun is divorcio and the adjective divorciado/a. In Spain and Latin America separarse can describe an informal separation without legal divorce, while divorciarse implies the legal process.

Examples

"Decidieron divorciarse después de diez años."

Natural Translation

They decided to divorce after ten years.

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