separado

Galician

Participle

separado (feminine separada, masculine plural separados, feminine plural separadas)

1. past participle of separar

Portuguese

Etymology

Derived from Latin sēparātus. By surface analysis, separar (“to separate”) + -ado.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.paˈɾa.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.pɐˈɾa.du/ [sɨ.pɐˈɾa.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.pɐˈɾa.du/ [sɨ.pɐˈɾa.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.pɐˈɾa.du/

• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: se‧pa‧ra‧do

Adjective

separado (feminine separada, masculine plural separados, feminine plural separadas)

1. isolated; off (which is apart)
2. independent (which is distinct)
3. distant; apart (which is far away)
4. divorced (said of two spouses who do not live together)

Adverb

separado

1. separately (not together with the rest)

   Synonym: separadamente

   Antonym: junto

Participle

separado (feminine separada, masculine plural separados, feminine plural separadas)

1. past participle of separar

Further reading

• “separado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “separado”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “separado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Latin sēparātus. By surface analysis, separar (“to separate”) + -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sepaˈɾado/ [se.paˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: se‧pa‧ra‧do

Adjective

separado (feminine separada, masculine plural separados, feminine plural separadas)

1. separated, apart

   Synonym: aparte

Participle

separado (feminine separada, masculine plural separados, feminine plural separadas)

1. past participle of separar

Further reading

• “separado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026