🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

partir

Pronunciation / Transliteration: paɾˈtiɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Depart/dɪˈpɑːrt/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El tren está a punto de partir."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To leave a place, especially to start a journey.

    "The train is scheduled to depart from platform three in five minutes."
  2. 2

    To deviate or stray from a traditional practice, course, or plan.

    "She decided to depart from her usual routine and try something completely different."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English verb 'departen', originating from Old French 'departir' (meaning to divide, separate, or set out), which itself stems from Late Latin 'departire' (from Latin 'dis-' apart + 'partire' to divide). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from separating or dividing people to leaving a place or starting a journey.

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